stalwart

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: stal=wart

CIDE DICTIONARY

stalwart, a. [OE. stalworth, AS. stælwyr&edh; serviceable, probably originally, good at stealing, or worth stealing or taking, and afterwards extended to other causes of estimation. See Steal, v. t., Worth, a.].

 Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.  Prof. Wilson.  [1913 Webster]
" Stalworth is now disused, or but little used, stalwart having taken its place."  [1913 Webster]
"Fair man he was and wise, stalworth and bold."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stalwart, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 strongly built, sturdy.
2 courageous, resolute, determined (stalwart supporters).
--n. a stalwart person, esp. a loyal uncompromising partisan.

Derivative

stalwartly adv. stalwartness n.

Etymology

Sc. var. of obs. stalworth f. OE st{aelig}lwierthe f. st{aelig}l place, WORTH

THESAURUS

stalwart

Achilles, Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Conservative, Cyclops, David, Democrat, Goliath, Hector, Hercules, Labourite, Maecenas, Polyphemus, Republican, Roland, Samson, Superman, Tarzan, Titan, Tory, Whig, a man, abettor, able-bodied, adipose, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologist, athletic, audacious, backer, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bold, bold-spirited, bosomy, bouncing, brave, brawny, buff, bulldog, bully, bullyboy, burly, buxom, champion, chivalric, chivalrous, chubby, chunky, chutzpanik, colossus, corpulent, courageous, daring, dauntless, decorated hero, defender, demigod, demigoddess, dependence, determined, distended, doughty, dumpy, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, fat, fattish, favorer, fearless, fighting cock, firm, fit, fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, friend at court, full, full-blooded, full-strength, gallant, game, gamecock, giant, good soldier, gorilla, greathearted, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty, heavyset, heeler, hefty, hero, heroic, heroine, herolike, hippy, husky, imposing, indefatigable, indomitable, intrepid, iron-hard, ironhearted, knightlike, knightly, lion, lionhearted, lover, loyalist, lusty, mainstay, maintainer, man of courage, manful, manly, meaty, mettlesome, mighty, muscle man, muscular, nervy, obese, obstinate, overweight, paladin, paranymph, partisan, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member, party wheelhorse, patron, paunchy, persevering, persistent, plucky, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, powerhouse, promoter, protagonist, pudgy, puffy, puissant, pursy, red-blooded, redoubtable, registered Democrat, registered Republican, regular, relentless, reliance, resolute, robust, robustious, robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sinewy, soldierlike, soldierly, solid, spirited, sponsor, square, squat, squatty, standby, staunch, steadfast, steely, stocky, stout, stouthearted, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong man, strong-arm man, strong-willed, sturdy, support, supporter, sustainer, swollen, sympathizer, tenacious, the brave, the mighty, the strong, thick-bodied, thickset, tiger, tireless, top-heavy, tough, tough guy, tower of strength, trouper, tubby, unafraid, unbending, uncompromising, undaunted, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unswerving, untiring, unwavering, unyielding, upholder, valiant, valiant knight, valorous, vigorous, vital, votary, ward heeler, well-fed, well-wisher, wheelhorse

ROGET THESAURUS

stalwart

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.

Size

N size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume, largeness, greatness, expanse, amplitude, mass, proportions, capacity, tonnage, tunnage, cordage, caliber, scantling, turgidity, corpulence, obesity, plumpness, embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood, hugeness, enormity, immensity, monstrosity, giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops, cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus, colossus, tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper, Triton among the minnows, mountain, mound, heap, largest portion, full size, life size, large, big, great, considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy, capacious, comprehensive, spacious, mighty, towering, fine, magnificent, corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing, portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown, corn fed, gram fed, stalwart, brawny, fleshy, goodly, in good case, in good condition, in condition, chopping, jolly, chub faced, chubby faced, lubberly, hulky, unwieldy, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, walloping, thumping, thundering, hulking, overgrown, puffy, huge, immense, enormous, mighty, vast, vasty, amplitudinous, stupendous, monster, monstrous, humongous, monumental, elephantine, jumbo, mammoth, gigantic, gigantean, giant, giant like, titanic, prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, Gargantuan, infinite, large as life, plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge, fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon, immeasurable, unfathomable, unplumbed, inconceivable, unimaginable, unheard-of, of cosmic proportions, of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all.