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bulky
CIDE DICTIONARY
bulky, a.
Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. [1913 Webster]
"A bulky digest of the revenue laws." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bulky, adj. (bulkier, bulkiest)
1 taking up much space, large.
2 awkwardly large, unwieldy.
1 taking up much space, large.
2 awkwardly large, unwieldy.
Derivative
bulkily adv. bulkiness n.
THESAURUS
bulky
Gargantuan, adamantine, amplitudinous, astronomical, awesome, awkward, boundless, broad-bodied, bullnecked, chunky, clumsy, coarse, colossal, contrary, corpulent, cosmic, crass, crosswise, cumbersome, cumbrous, dense, durable, elephantine, enduring, enormous, extensive, fat, firm, full, full-bodied, galactic, gigantic, gross, hard, heavy, heavyset, huge, hulking, hulky, immeasurable, immense, impractical, inconvenient, infinite, king-size, large, lasting, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, mammoth, massive, massy, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, overgrown, perverse, ponderous, prodigious, rugged, sizable, solid, sound, spacious, stable, steady, stout, strong, stupendous, sturdy, thick, thick-bodied, thickset, three-dimensional, titanic, tough, tremendous, ungainly, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy, unyielding, vast, viscous, voluminous, weighty, well-built, well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-madeROGET THESAURUS
bulky
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.For further exploring for "bulky" in Webster Dictionary Online