beefy C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbifi/ UK /ˈbiːfi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj muscular, brawny, or substantially solid A beefy bouncer stood guard at the door. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · muscular, brawny, or... muscularbrawnyburlyheftystockysolidrobust ↔ Opposites scrawnyslightweedyfrail Word family Derived forms beefiness Related forms beefbeefcake Etymology AI details From beef + the adjectival suffix -y. Beef is from Old French boef ('ox'), from Latin bovem (bos, 'ox'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷous ('cattle'). boef Old French bos Latin *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # beefy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbifi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbiːfi/ ## Meanings 1. muscular, brawny, or substantially solid ## Examples - A beefy bouncer stood guard at the door. ## Synonyms - muscular - brawny - burly - hefty - stocky - solid - robust ## Antonyms - scrawny - slight - weedy - frail ## Derived Forms - beefiness ## Related Forms - beef - beefcake ## Roots and Affixes - Root: boef - Root: bos - Root: *gʷṓws ## Etymology From beef + the adjectival suffix -y. Beef is from Old French boef ('ox'), from Latin bovem (bos, 'ox'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷous ('cattle'). ## AI Etymology Beefy is from beef + the adjectival suffix -y. Beef is from Old French boef ('ox'), from Latin bovem (bos, 'ox'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷous ('cattle'). Important recorded forms include boef (Old French), bos (Latin), and *gʷṓws (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers muscular, brawny, or substantially solid. The wider family includes derived forms such as beefiness and related words such as beef and beefcake. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown