athletic
adj.
participating in sports; pertaining to sports; gifted in sports
Athletic
athletic
Adjective
1. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes; "athletic facilities"
(pertainym) sport, athletics
2. vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises"
(synonym) acrobatic, gymnastic
(similar) active
3. having a sturdy and well proportioned body; "an athletic build"
(similar) mesomorphic, muscular
Athletic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
(a.)
Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
athletic
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.