muscle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

possessing muscular strength

Synonyms

• brawn
• brawniness
• heftiness
• muscle
• muscularity
• sinew

More generic

• strength

Noun

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

Synonyms

• muscle

More generic

• authorisation
• authority
• authorization
• dominance
• potency
• say-so

Noun

animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Synonyms

• muscle
• muscular tissue

More generic

• animal tissue

More specific

• cardiac muscle
• heart muscle
• smooth muscle
• striated muscle tissue

Related

• muscle system
• muscular structure
• musculature

Noun

one of the contractile organs of the body

Synonyms

• muscle
• musculus

More generic

• contractile organ
• contractor

More specific

• anatomical sphincter
• antagonistic muscle
• eye muscle
• involuntary muscle
• levator
• ocular muscle
• pronator
• rectus
• skeletal muscle
• smooth muscle
• sphincter
• sphincter muscle
• striated muscle
• supinator
• tensor

Related

• muscle cell
• muscle fiber
• muscle fibre

Noun

a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

Synonyms

• muscle
• muscleman

More generic

• bully
• hooligan
• roughneck
• rowdy
• ruffian
• tough
• yob
• yobbo
• yobo

Verb

make one's way by force

Synonyms

• muscle

More generic

• pass

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