athletic
AdjectiveUS[ath-let-ik]/æθˈlɛtɪk/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- relating to or befitting athletics or athletes“athletic facilities”Relating to sport
- vigorously active“an acrobatic dance”“an athletic child”“athletic playing”“gymnastic exercises”Synonyms: acrobaticgymnasticOpposite inactiveSimilar active
- having a sturdy and well proportioned body“an athletic build”Opposite ectomorphic, endomorphicSimilar mesomorphic, muscular
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Translations
Adjective physically fit, muscular
- Spanish
- atlético
- French
- athlétique
- German
- athletisch
- Italian
- atletico
- Portuguese
- atlético
- Russian
- атлети́ческий atletíčeskij
- Japanese
- たくましい takumashii
- Dutch
- atletisch
- Polish
- wysportowany
- Swedish
- atletisk
Adjective having to do with athletes
- Spanish
- atlético
- French
- sportif
- German
- sportlich
- Italian
- atletico
- Portuguese
- atlético
- Turkish
- atletik
- Russian
- спорти́вный sportívnyj
- Dutch
- atletisch
- Polish
- atletyczny
- Greek
- αθλητικός athlitikós
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ath′let′ic (…), adjective
Origin: L. athleticus, Gr. …. See Athlete.
1. Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
2. Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts. “Athletic soundness.” Robert South — Ath·let′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ly (…), adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54