stout C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /staʊt/ UK /staʊt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj thickset and sturdy, or a dark strong beer The stout little tugboat hauled the freighter into port. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · thickset and sturdy, or a... sturdyburlystockythicksetrobuststrongportlycorpulent ↔ Opposites slenderthinfrailslimweak Word family Forms stoutishstoutness Derived forms stoutlystoutness Etymology AI details From Old French 'estout', bold, proud, brave, of Germanic origin (compare Middle Dutch 'stout', bold); the senses shifted from 'brave' to 'strong' to 'thickset'. estout Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stout **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /staʊt/ **IPA (UK):** /staʊt/ ## Meanings 1. thickset and sturdy, or a dark strong beer ## Examples - The stout little tugboat hauled the freighter into port. ## Synonyms - sturdy - burly - stocky - thickset - robust - strong - portly - corpulent ## Antonyms - slender - thin - frail - slim - weak ## Derived Forms - stoutly - stoutness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: estout ## Etymology From Old French 'estout', bold, proud, brave, of Germanic origin (compare Middle Dutch 'stout', bold); the senses shifted from 'brave' to 'strong' to 'thickset'. ## AI Etymology Stout is from Old French 'estout', bold, proud, brave, of Germanic origin (compare Middle Dutch 'stout', bold); the senses shifted from 'brave' to 'strong' to 'thickset'. Important recorded forms include estout (Old French). The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers thickset and sturdy, or a dark strong beer. The wider family includes derived forms such as stoutly and stoutness. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown