Synonyms for muscle
ˈmʌs əlmus·cle

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1. muscle, musculusnoun

   one of the contractile organs of the body

   Synonyms:
   muscular tissue, heftiness, sinew, muscularity, brawn, musculus, brawniness, muscleman

2. muscle, muscular tissuenoun

   animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

   Synonyms:
   muscular tissue, heftiness, sinew, muscularity, brawn, musculus, brawniness, muscleman

3. muscleman, musclenoun

   a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

   "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"

   Synonyms:
   musclebuilder, bodybuilder, muscleman, heftiness, muscular tissue, brawniness, brawn, musculus, muscularity, sinew, muscle builder, muscle-builder

4. musclenoun

   authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

   "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"

   Synonyms:
   muscular tissue, heftiness, sinew, muscularity, brawn, musculus, brawniness, muscleman

5. brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftinessverb

   possessing muscular strength

   Synonyms:
   vigor, musculus, muscularity, massiveness, tendon, energy, heftiness, vim, ponderosity, ponderousness, muscleman, brawn, brawniness, heft, sinew, muscular tissue, vigour

6. muscleverb

   make one's way by force

   "He muscled his way into the office"

Matched Categories

1. • Authority
   • Bully
   • Contractile Organ
   • Pass

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. musclenoun

   Synonyms:
   brawn, thew, sinew, tendon

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1. List of paraphrases for "muscle":

   muscular, muscles, dorsi, brawn, heeling, musculature, primal

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MUSCLE

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1. Maryann McLaughlin:

   By exercising, you can increase the muscle cells to use the glucose and insulin more efficiently.

2. Martin Luther:

   President President Joe Biden and Congress used President Biden and Congress political muscle to deliver a vital infrastructure deal, and now we are calling on President Biden and Congress to do the same to restore the very voting rights protections my father and countless other civil rights leaders bled to secure.

3. Oscar Nilsson:

   I use silicone, prosthetic eyes and real human hair to achieve this [effect], but they are also reconstructions, forensically rebuilt, muscle by muscle. This is actually very close to what they looked like in life.

4. Tomasz Szatkowski:

   Russia's sees its relations with the West in Cold War terms, so to ensure the efficiency of deterrence we must link it to the way of thinking of the one we want to deter, right now, we must speak to Russia from a position of strength, although obviously without excessive muscle-flexing.

5. Sabrina Osland:

   It really helped create more strength, especially as I was losing the weight, to be able to create more muscle so that I didn’t have saggy skin and I was filling it out with something positive was super important to me.