Synonyms for able-bodied
able-bod·ied

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1. able, able-bodiedadjective

   having a strong healthy body

   "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"

   Synonyms:
   capable, able

   Antonyms:
   unfit

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1. able-bodiedadjective

   Synonyms:
   stalwart, brawny, robust, sturdy, strapping muscular

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1. List of paraphrases for "able-bodied":

   job-ready, valid, sound, non-disabled, healthy, employable

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1. Courtesy Benjamin Curlee:

   I was at the back of the plane. A long2 minutes after that first announcement the pilot madeanannouncementand said ‘all able-bodied menpleasecome to the front as there is an emergency, come to thefront’.

2. Seema Verma:

   The Medicaid program was designed for aged or blind or people living with disabilities, pregnant women and children, but now that we've put all these able-bodied individuals (on Medicaid), the program needs to be changed to be more flexible. People that are living in poverty want a pathway out of poverty. They don't want to be in that situation. And so what we're trying to do with the Medicaid program, with allowing states to develop programs that give people an opportunity for job training, for community service … and giving them the skills that they need.

3. David Dollar:

   Able-bodied people of the right age are just not out there looking for The July jobs.

4. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   So we know that Freddie Gray was able bodied when Freddie Gray was in the van and we know that when Freddie Gray was finally taken out of the van, Freddie Gray was unresponsive, we know that Freddie Gray asked for medical attention. We know that medical attention was not immediately requested for Freddie Gray. We know that was a mistake.

5. Daniel Dale:

   Donald Trump Jr. is touting baseless election-rigging claims in videos posted to Facebook and Twitter asking' able-bodied' people to join an election security' army' for Joe Biden father, facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video pointing to accurate information about voting, but neither company said the video violated its election integrity rules in a way that would result in it being removed. Twitter labeled the video only after being asked about it by CNN on Wednesday. The video had been on its site since Monday.