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muscle

noun

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1 muscular strength

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

Synonyms of muscle

beef, brawn, main, thew

Words Related to muscle

force, might, potency, power, puissance, sinew

energy, vigor

Near Antonyms of muscle

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 of muscle

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

Words Related to muscle

aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency

adequacy, effectiveness, effectualness, usefulness

Near Antonyms of muscle

disability, inability, inaptitude, incapability, incapableness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency

ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, uselessness

helplessness, paralysis

Antonyms of muscle

impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness

muscle

verb

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1 to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters

Synonyms of muscle

blackjack, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impel, impress, make, obligate, oblige, press, pressure, sandbag

Words Related to muscle

browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, hector, intimidate

blackmail, high-pressure, menace, shame, terrorize, threaten

drag

badger, harass, hound

Phrases Synonymous with muscle

twist one's arm

Near Antonyms of muscle

allow, let, permit

argue, convince, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)

2 to force one's way

muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship

Synonyms of muscle

bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, press, push, shoulder, squeeze

Words Related to muscle

ram, shove, thrust

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