Thesaurus: stout

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1. superl. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
2. superl. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
3. superl. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
4. superl. Large; bulky; corpulent.
5. n. A strong malt liquor; strong porter.
6. adj. dependable
7. adj. euphemisms for ‘fat’
8. adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
9. n. a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
10. n. a garment size for a large or heavy person
11. 1. Strong; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless. With hearts stern and stout. Chaucer. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. Daniel. 2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic] Your words have been stout against me. Mal. iii. 13. Commonly . . . they that be rich are lofty and stout. Latimer. 3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth. 4. Large; bulky; corpulent. Syn. -- Stout, Corpulent, Portly. Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size." In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole. A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.
12. A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.