brawny

Questions about brawny

What does brawny mean?

brawny means "(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful".

How many syllables are in brawny?

brawny has 2 syllables: braw-ny. The stress falls on "braw". In IPA it is /ˈbɹɔni/.

What is another word for brawny?

Close synonyms include hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brawny a common word?

brawny is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.