athletic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ath=let=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

athletic, a. [L. athleticus, Gr. . See Athlete.].

•  Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.  [1913 Webster]
•  Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

athletic, adj.
1 of or relating to athletes or athletics (an athletic competition).
2 muscular or physically powerful.

Derivative

athletically adv. athleticism n.

Etymology

F athl{eacute}tique or L athleticus f. Gk athletikos (as ATHLETE, -IC)

THESAURUS

athletic

able-bodied, acrobatic, active, agonistic, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, energetic, gymnastic, muscle-bound, muscular, palaestral, sinewy, sporting, sports, strenuous, thewy, thickset, vigorous, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry

ROGET THESAURUS

athletic

Strength

N strength, power, energy, vigor, force, main force, physical force, brute force, spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity, stoutness, lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique, pith, pithiness, virtility, vitality, athletics, athleticism, gymnastics, feats of strength, adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak, iron grip, grit, bone, athlete, gymnast, acrobat, superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath, tower of strength, giant refreshed, strengthening, invigoration, refreshment, refocillation, dynamics, statics, strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid, resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable, incontestable, more than a match for, overpowering, overwhelming, all powerful, all sufficient, sovereign, able-bodied, athletic, Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean, muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic, manly, man-like, manful, masculine, male, virile, unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted, in full force, in full swing, in the plenitude of power, stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, sound as a roach, in fine feather, in high feather, built like a brick shithouse, like a giant refreshed, strongly, by force, by main force, our withers are unwrung, Blut und Eisen, coelitus mihi vires, du fort au diable, en habiles gens, ex vi termini, flecti non frangi, he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves an, inflexible in faith invincible in arms.