Skip to content

husky

/ˈhʌs.ki/noun, adjective2 syllables

Husky means: muscular and heavily built.

Synonyms for husky11

noun, as in breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

Eskimo dog

adjective, as in muscular and heavily built

beefy, burly, strapping, buirdly, robust

adjective, as in deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

gruff, hoarse, cacophonous, cacophonic

also used for husky

polar dog

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does husky mean?3

adjective

1

muscular and heavily built“a beefy wrestler”

2

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion“gruff voices”

noun

1

breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Husky in a sentence

  • She had always admired the blue eyes of a husky dog.swolesuki
  • Huskies get along well with children and other dogs.Hybrid
  • Huskies require a lot of exercise and training from a young age.Hybrid
  • Huskies are covered with two coats of hair.Hybrid
  • My dog is an Alaskan malamute, not a husky.Hybrid
  • Sami has a pitbull and Layla, a husky.OsoHombre
  • His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.shekitten
  • Sami's service dog is a husky.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of husky

as a noun

plural
huskies

as a adjective

comparative
huskier
superlative
huskiest