muscle

muscle

noun

Definition of MUSCLE

1

muscular strength <I'm going to need someone with real muscle to help me move all this furniture>

Synonyms beef, brawn, main, thew

Related Words force, might, potency, power, puissance, sinew; energy, vigor

Near Antonyms impotence, impotency, weakness; debilitation, debility, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity

2

the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task <at the time the military lacked the muscle to fight two wars at once>

Synonyms energy, firepower, force, horsepower, might, muscle, potence, potency, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor

Related Words aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency; adequacy, effectiveness, effectualness, usefulness

Near Antonyms disability, inability, inaptitude, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency; ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, uselessness; helplessness, paralysis

Antonyms impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness