Synonyms for athletic
æθˈlɛt ɪkath·let·ic

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1. athletic

   Synonyms:
   strong, vigorous, powerful, stalwart, brawny, muscular, ablebodied, lusty, sinewy, robust

   Antonyms:
   weak, puny, effeminate, nerveless, strengthless, unbraced

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1. athleticadjective

   relating to or befitting athletics or athletes

   "athletic facilities"

   Synonyms:
   acrobatic, gymnastic

   Antonyms:
   ectomorphic, endomorphic, inactive, pyknic

2. acrobatic, athletic, gymnasticadjective

   vigorously active

   "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises"

   Synonyms:
   gymnastic, acrobatic

   Antonyms:
   ectomorphic, inactive, pyknic, endomorphic

3. athleticadjective

   having a sturdy and well proportioned body

   "an athletic build"

   Synonyms:
   acrobatic, gymnastic

   Antonyms:
   ectomorphic, pyknic, inactive, endomorphic

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1. athleticadjective

   Synonyms:
   strong, stout, robust, sturdy, brawny, muscular, lusty, sinewy, nervous, stalwart, powerful, strapping, herculean, able-bodied, made of iron

2. athleticadjective

   Synonyms:
   gymnastic

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1. athleticadjective

   Synonyms:
   gymnastic, agonistic, pancratic, stalwart, muscular, able-bodied, brawny, lusty

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1. List of paraphrases for "athletic":

   athletics, sports, sport, athletes, sporting, atletico, athlete

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1. Breton Asken:

   Our study relied on a somewhat complicated outcome - being cleared to return to athletic activity - to measure how this physiologic window of vulnerability may express itself clinically.

2. Corey Knowlton:

   I think people think of it as this docile thing, but you are dealing with an extremely athletic animal that can do whatever it wants to you very quickly.

3. Lindsay Hecox:

   Supporters of this bill are attempting to fix a problem that was never there. It specifically targets people like me and all transgender female athletes and denies us the opportunity to compete in sports, it's unfair, unnecessary and discriminatory, and it ignores the commitment we've made to rigorous training and the importance of athletic competition to our lives.

4. Joanna Harper:

   If you are looking for information on cis gender athletes, you'd never use studies on non-athletic trans people, you just wouldn't do that. It's just that we don't have any data ontrans athletes. So I think you have to take the results with a certain grain of salt.

5. Wayne Tinkle:

   The points in the paint — they just manhandled us in the second half, it is a battle to play these guys for 40 minutes. They're so stinking athletic in transition. I think they're one of the top teams in the country.