Synonyms of brawn

brawn

noun

ˈbrȯn 

as in muscle

muscular strength

an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muscle
• power
• beef
• energy
• vigor
• force
• main
• might
• potency
• thew
• sinew
• puissance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weakness
• impotence
• impotency
• feebleness
• frailty
• debility
• infirmity
• faintness
• debilitation
• enfeeblement
• frailness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brawn

Woody was a slightly uncoordinated and not-so-strong cowboy cop who relied more on his sense of humor than his brawn. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026

Mincemeat pies, crane, swan, brawn (terrine made with a pig’s head and served with mustard), goose and lamprey pie, and even porpoise (served dressed with vinegar and breadcrumbs) were all popular holiday fare. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025

In our own history, the failures of the Vietnam and Iraq wars owed less to insufficient brawn than to arrogance, cultural blindness, and the hubristic dismissal of diplomacy as weakness. — Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes are the brains and brawn of Howe’s set up, but there was a lack of composure from the start that developed into a lack of influence by the end. — Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025