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muscle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of muscle

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

Synonyms and Antonyms of muscle

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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