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able-bodied

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able-bodied
adjective
every able-bodied man was required to serve in the armed forces:
healthy, fit, in good health, robust, strong, sound, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, hale and hearty, athletic, muscular, strapping, tough, powerful, mighty, rugged, burly, brawny, stalwart, lusty, staunch;
in good shape, in good trim, in tip-top condition, in fine fettle, fighting fit, as fit as a fiddle, as fit as a flea, as strong as an ox;
informal husky;
North American, informal buff.
antonyms infirm, frail; disabled.