3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Brawny \Brawn"y\, a. Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Syn: Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: brawny adj : (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: {hefty}, {muscular}, {powerful}, {sinewy}] [also: {brawniest}, {brawnier}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "brawny": able-bodied, adipose, athletic, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, broad-shouldered, bulky, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fleshy, full, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, husky, imposing, lusty, meaty, mighty, muscle-bound, muscular, obese, overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, powerful, pudgy, puffy, pursy, red-blooded, robust, roly-poly, rotund, sinewy, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, swollen, thewy, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tough, tubby, vigorous, vital, well-built, well-fed, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry
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