Synonyms for muscular
ˈmʌs kyə lərmus·cu·lar

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1. muscularadjective

   Brawny, having strength.

   Synonyms:
   strong, athletic, muscled, powerful, lusty, brawny, husky, beefy, muscly, strapping

2. muscularadjective

   Having large, well-developed muscles.

   Synonyms:
   husky, powerfully built, beefy, muscly, muscled, well-built, musclebound, brawny, heavily

3. muscularadjective

   Synonyms:
   myo-

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1. muscular

   Synonyms:
   powerful, brawny, robust, sinewy, strong, stalwart, athletic, lusty, sturdy

   Antonyms:
   debile, flabby, feeble, lanky

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1. muscularadjective

   of or relating to or consisting of muscle

   "muscular contraction"

   Synonyms:
   mesomorphic, powerful, sinewy, hefty, brawny

   Antonyms:
   powerless, weak

2. mesomorphic, muscularadjective

   having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer

   Synonyms:
   mesomorphic, powerful, sinewy, hefty, brawny

   Antonyms:
   powerless, weak

3. muscularadjective

   having or suggesting great physical power or force

   "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"

   Synonyms:
   mesomorphic, powerful, sinewy, hefty, brawny

   Antonyms:
   powerless, weak

4. brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewyadjective

   (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

   "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

   Synonyms:
   brawny, potent, powerful, unchewable, sizable, sizeable, stringy, hefty, fibrous, healthy, mesomorphic, tendinous, respectable, sinewy, knock-down(a), goodly, goodish, herculean, tidy

   Antonyms:
   weak, powerless

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1. • Anatomy

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1. muscularadjective

   Synonyms:
   brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful, sturdy, lusty, athletic, herculean, able-bodied

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1. muscularadjective

   Synonyms:
   brawny, thewy, sinewy, stalwart

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1. List of paraphrases for "muscular":

   muscle

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1. John Paul Wilson:

   We found that these estimates were consistently biased. Participants judged the black men to be larger, stronger and more muscular than the white men, even though they were actually the same size.

2. Chief Executive George Scangos:

   I hope we can transform the treatment of MS. By that time, we will have made substantial progress on ALS and other nerve degenerative diseases, spinal muscular atrophy in kids. All that stuff is on our plate.

3. Walter Koch:

   We saw active reversal of ventricular function, reverse remodeling, heart chambers actually got smaller and more muscular, and stoppage of fibrosis that limits the stiffness of the heart.

4. Laura Van Doormaal:

   When we first took her home, we were in newborn bliss. Just absolutely in love with her. She was a great baby, but we started to realize her movement was declining. She had trouble breathing and eating. When she was five weeks old, she was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy.

5. Brian Eno:

   I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.