a.
1.
Strong, sinewy, brawny, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, stalwart, vigorous, ablebodied.
2.
Brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, manful, manly, resolute, gallant, firm, indomitable, hardy, courageous, dauntless, doughty.
3.
Proud, resolute, obstinate, stubborn, contumacious.
4.
Firm, strong, solid, strongly built, hardy, compact, sturdy, stanch.
5.
Large, corpulent, obese, strapping, bouncing, portly, chubby, jolly, burly, plump, fat, in good case, thick-set.