Dictionary Entry

sinewy

sinewy is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
2adjective
Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.
3adjective
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
"a hefty athlete"
"a muscular boxer"
Synonyms
brawny hefty muscular powerful
4adjective
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
Synonyms
fibrous stringy unchewable
5adjective
consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
Synonyms
tendinous

Synonyms

brawny hefty muscular powerful fibrous stringy unchewable tendinous

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sinewy:

swiney

Words from these letters

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