physical prowess
Raw athletic ability
Physical prowess is exceptional bodily strength, skill, or athletic ability.
The phrase emphasizes capability demonstrated through action—not just being strong, but proving it: His physical prowess on the football field earned him a scholarship.
Prowess implies mastery and often competitive superiority, distinguishing it from mere fitness or health.
- brawnMuscular power, bodily might
- brute strengthUnrefined physical power
- muscleContractile body tissue
- raw powerUntempered strength or energy
- core strengthTorso muscular capacity
flexibility · might · reflexes · dexterity · hand-eye coordination · quick reflexes · force · vigor · balance · nimbleness · toughness · gracefulness · stamina · athleticism · resilience · robustness · staying power · suppleness
- sportssports, basketball, tennis, athletics, golf
- knight trainingjousting, swordsmanship, horsemanship, combat training, weapons training
- strengthstrength, might, brawn, power, muscle
- masculinitymanhood, machismo, masculinity, manliness, alpha male
- Sports Literaturesports fiction, sports memoirs, sports journalism, sportswriting, The Natural
physical prowessfrailty
Weakness of body
feebleness · infirmity · debility · weakness · physical disability
physical prowessmental acuity
Sharpness of thought
mental agility · brainpower · intellectual capacity · cognitive ability · intellect
physical prowessinfirmity
Weakness from illness or age
disability · incapacity · sickliness · ill health · poor health