Definition for Able-bodied:

• A person who is capable of serving in the military. It does mean that there are no defects but that a person is able.

Synonyms for Able-bodied:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • able-bodied.
  •brawny (adjective)
  • thewier,
  • thewiest.
  •burly (adjective)
  • hulky,
  • gorillalike,
  • beefcake,
  • well-built.
  •fit (adjective)
  • more toned,
  • up snuff,
  • most toned,
  • more muscled,
  • most muscled.
  •hale (adjective)
  • more well conditioned,
  • more well-conditioned,
  • alive kicking,
  • well conditioned,
  • most wellconditioned,
  • hale,
  • most well-conditioned,
  • most well conditioned,
  • in pink,
  • wellconditioned,
  • more wellconditioned.
  •hardy (adjective)
  • more acclimatized,
  • most acclimatized,
  • un flagging,
  • un-flagging,
  • most inured,
  • mightiest,
  • more inured.
  •healthy (adjective)
  • safe and sound,
  • well,
  • full of life,
  • rosy-cheeked,
  • bushy-tailed,
  • in fine feather.
  •physically strong and capable (adjective)
  • hearty,
  • staunch.
  •puissant (adjective)
  • puissant.
  •robust (adjective)
  • most robustious,
  • full bodied,
  • zappier,
  • most robustuous,
  • zappiest,
  • more robustuous,
  • fullbodied,
  • more robustious.
  •stout (adjective)
  • in vincible,
  • in-vincible,
  • stouter.
  •strong (adjective)
  • well-founded,
  • hard as nails,
  • well-made,
  • heavy-duty.
  •well (adjective)
  • right as rain,
  • solid as rock,
  • strong as an ox,
  • solid as a rock,
  • strong as ox,
  • up to par.
  •whole (adjective)
  • most cured,
  • healed,
  • re covered,
  • most healed,
  • re-covered,
  • more healed,
  • whole,
  • more cured.

• n.

  •
  • iron,
  • vigorous.
  •able-bodied (noun)
  • healthy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • normal,
  • all-right,
  • fine,
  • buff,
  • resilient,
  • sun-kissed,
  • bright-eyed,
  • Hunky,
  • spry,
  • sprightly,
  • rosy,
  • immune,
  • fresh-faced,
  • O.K.,
  • ruddy.
  •
  • hardy,
  • powerful,
  • strapping,
  • vital,
  • red-blooded,
  • firm,
  • lusty.
  •
  • good,
  • tough.

Paraphrases for Able-bodied:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    healthier, healthy, well-established, valid, disabled, well-developed, unemployed, able, viable, well-functioning, fit, capable.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    non-disabled, wholesome, employable, robust.

Antonyms for Able-bodied:

• adj.

  • physically strong and capable
    infirm, weak, delicate.
  • Other antonyms:
    haggard, sick, unhealthy, diseased, incapacitated, gaunt, undernourished, lame, emaciated, halt, ill, unfit, worn-out, afflicted, poorly, weakened, troubled, bad, enfeebled, weakly, unwell, malnourished, differently abled, unsound, decrepit, crippled.