Skip to content

stout

/staʊt/noun, adjective1 syllable

Stout means: having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.

Synonyms for stout13

adjective, as in having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

hardy, stalwart, sturdy, robust

adjective, as in dependable

stalwart, resolute

adjective, as in euphemisms for ‘fat’

portly, fat

also used for stout

thickset, corpulent, midge, horsefly, brook, thole

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does stout mean?5

adjective

1

having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships“hardy explorers of northern Canada”

2

dependable“the stalwart citizens at Lexington”

3

euphemisms for ‘fat’“men are portly and women are stout”

noun

1

a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops

2

a garment size for a large or heavy person

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stout?18

one syllable

outdoubtshoutboutscoutdroughttroutclouttoutspoutsproutroutsnoutgout

two syllables

aboutwithoutthroughoutdevout
Show 40 near rhymes
hownowdownaroundhousefoundsouthtownaccountgroundsoundroundamountallowedallowbrownsoundsannouncedwowcountmouthproudaccountscrowdallowscrownloudpoundsmountboundcloudgroundsamountsdowntowntownsdiscountpoundmousebowrounds

Stout in a sentence

  • My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.unknown
  • He looked small beside my father's stout body.Auride
  • He got so stout that his collar did not meet.unknown
  • The stout man leaped over the shallow ditch and stumbled.unknown
  • The stout man got into a cab in haste.unknown
  • She is plain and stout as popular stars go.unknown
  • The European greenfinch is a stout, cold-resistant bird.DJ_Saidez
  • The defenders put up a stout resistance.unknown

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

Forms of stout

as a noun

plural
stouts

as a adjective

comparative
stouter
superlative
stoutest