Lean and Stout

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Lean

Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Usage example: all of the marathoners are extremely lean
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Stout is an antonym for lean.
Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

Stout

Stout adjective - Being compact and broad in build and often short in stature.
Usage example: the wrestler is stout in build, so he is frequently underestimated by his opponents
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Lean is an antonym for stout in topics: fat, overweight.
Nearby Words: stoutness, stoutly
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  • Characters / Guilded Age Stout Strength: While certainly not fat, in his youth Scipio is shown to have been slim and lean whereas now he has a more powerful, stocky physique.
    Source: Characters / Guilded Age
  • In addition to physical attributes (Holmes tall and lean, Watson shorter and stout), Holmes leaps into plans without explanation and follows up on wild clues.
    Source: Foil / Literature
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Stout and Lean. (2016). Retrieved 2023, June 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lean/stout
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