Muscular

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of muscle: muscular contraction.
  • adj. Having well-developed muscles: a muscular build.
  • adj. Having or suggesting great forcefulness, especially at the expense of subtlety: muscular reasoning that does not bother with the finer points; muscular advocacy groups.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
  • adj. Brawny, having strength.
  • adj. Having large, well-developed muscles.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles.
  • adj. Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.
  • adj. Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining in any way to muscle or muscles; composing, constituting, or consisting of muscle: as, the muscular system; muscular origin or insertion; muscular fiber or tissue.
  • Done by or dependent upon muscle or muscles: as, muscular action; muscular movement; muscular strength.
  • Well-muscled; having well-developed muscles; strong; sinewy; brawny: as, a muscular man.
  • Figuratively, strong and vigorous.
  • One of the fibers of which muscular tissue is ultimately composed.
  • Synonyms Sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, lusty, vigorous, powerful.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
  • adj. having or suggesting great physical power or force
  • adj. having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
  • adj. of or relating to or consisting of muscle
  • Equivalent
    strong    powerful    athletic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brawny    powerful    vigorous    musculous    torous    beefy    myo-    muscly    strapping    muscled   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tall    lean    physical    slender    sinewy    nervous    athletic    stout    vigorous    wiry