Meanings
comparative more broad-shouldered · superlative most broad-shouldered
- Having broad shoulders.
Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense.
1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4 - Having a sturdy construction or constitution.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving broad shoulders
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian широкоплещест
- широкоплещест (širokopleštest)having broad shoulders
Catalan espatllut
- espatlluthaving broad shoulders
Czech ramenatý
- ramenatýhaving broad shoulders
Danish bredskuldret, hærdebred
- bredskuldrethaving broad shoulders
- hærdebredhaving broad shoulders
Dutch breedgeschouderd
- breedgeschouderdhaving broad shoulders
Finnish harteikas, harteva
- harteikashaving broad shoulders
- hartevahaving broad shoulders
- leveäharteinenhaving broad shoulders
French large d'épaules
- large d'épauleshaving broad shoulders
German breitschultrig
- breitschultrighaving broad shoulders
Icelandic herðabreiður
- herðabreiðurhaving broad shoulders
Polish barczysty, pleczysty
- barczystyhaving broad shoulders
- pleczystyhaving broad shoulders
Romanian spătos
- spătoshaving broad shoulders
Russian широкопле́чий, плечи́стый
- широкопле́чий (širokopléčij)having broad shoulders
- плечи́стый (plečístyj)having broad shoulders
Swedish bredaxlad
- bredaxladhaving broad shoulders
Turkish geniş omuzlu
- geniş omuzluhaving broad shoulders
Ukrainian широкоплечий
- широкоплечий (šyrokoplečyj)having broad shoulders
Cite this entry
broad-shouldered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broad-shouldered
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