Antonyms for well-built

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bilt

Phonetic Transcription : bɪlt

Definition of well-built

Origin : 1560s, "constructed, erected," past participle adjective from build (v.). Meaning "physically well-developed" is by 1940s (well-built in reference to a woman is from 1871); Built-in (adj.) is from 1898.

As in muscular : adj powerfully built
As in rugged : adj big, strong
As in stable : adj constant, fixed; resistant
As in strapping : adj big and strong
As in strong : adj healthy, powerful
As in sturdy : adj solid, durable
As in substantial : adj important, ample
As in manly : adj courageous
As in masculine : adj manlike
As in burly : adj husky
As in well-rounded : adj fully developed
As in manful : adj manly
As in puissant : adj strong
As in husky : adj big, burly

Example sentences :

The whole is a well-built machine for a pressure of the spirit.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

Henry was a well-built, vigorous man, and walked with great rapidity.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

She is a strong, well-built, and safe boat, and I think will just answer your purpose.
Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams

It was a well-built, athletic frame, and he had gone to a good tailor.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

Sometimes a halt is made in villages of well-built grass huts.
Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

Among the few things he admired was a well-built handsome man.
Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath

The Princess Maria Ivanovna was a tall, well-built woman of forty.
Extract from : « Youth » by Leo Tolstoy

The Veys of both sexes are well-built, erect, and somewhat stately.
Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer

It was well-built, or it would have come to pieces from the tossing about it was now receiving.
Extract from : « Sunshine Bill » by W H G Kingston

The chief was a tall and well-built man, of about forty years of age.
Extract from : « For Name and Fame » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for well-built

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