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. Anil Verma:

   Parties only think about winnability and they know that money power and muscle power of such candidates ensures that win.

2. Bill Hasencamp:

   Unfortunately my comment, the quote that was attributed to me, suggested that we were flexing our muscle, and that's just not the case.

3. Stephen Thomas:

   I'm not as worried about redness as I would be about something more systemic like fever, headache, muscle aches, nausea or vomiting.

4. Sreekumaran Nair:

   Exercise training, especially high intensity interval training, enhanced the machinery (ribosomes) to produce proteins, increased the production of proteins and enhanced protein abundance in muscle.

5. Michael Seril:

   Working out doesn't stop when you get older, staying in shape is a lifelong commitment and retaining muscle mass as you age will keep you alive a lot longer than people who skip the gym as they age.