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. Serena Williams:

   Unfortunately, I'm having some issues with my pec muscle. Right now I can't actually serve it's kind of hard to play, i'm having an MRI( scan) tomorrow, I'm going to stay here to see the doctors and see as many specialists as I can. I won't know( how serious the injury is) until I get those results.

2. Maryann McLaughlin:

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

3. Robert Haas:

   That supplied two-thirds, or 75 percent, of her heart muscle with blood. That much was deprived.

4. Wendy Powell:

   Tummy doesn’t look or feel like you want it to, pelvic floor doesn’t work like you want it to, so there’s kind of an emotional shutdown with regard to that whole part of our body, you can’t strengthen muscles or a group of muscles if they’re not connected— if mind and muscle are not talking anymore.

5. Faheem Mujahid:

   If that’s not happening, all the pressure will hit the spine, which is a big no-no, when the transverse abs are engaged properly, it automatically engages the thoracic lumbar fascia [muscle in the lower spine] at the same time, which offers spine protection.