Synonyms of muscle-bound

muscle-bound

adjective

as in muscular

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muscular
• athletic
• powerful
• sinewy
• burly
• mighty
• strapping
• beefy
• brawny
• hulking
• able-bodied
• stalwart
• sturdy
• herculean
• mesomorphic
• stout
• robust
• husky
• stocky
• rugged
• strong
• hefty
• thickset
• heavyset
• squat
• squatty
• pudgy
• chubby
• compact
• chunky
• tubby
• portly
• solid
• dumpy
• lumpish
• heavy
• podgy
• roly-poly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slender
• thin
• lean
• lightweight
• willowy
• slight
• light
• svelte
• slim
• lanky
• scrawny
• skinny
• bony
• weedy
• gaunt
• gawky
• stringy
• spare
• wiry
• scraggy
• reedy
• waspish
• sylphlike
• twiggy
• gangling
• spidery
• weak
• feeble
• gangly
• puny
• fragile
• frail
• wimpy
• emaciated
• boney
• effete
• delicate
• debilitated
• infirm
• enfeebled
• weakly
• unathletic
• enervated

Examples of muscle-bound in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But their skeletons seemed peculiar—stocky and muscle-bound, with mashups of features seen in various groups of modern-day mammals. —Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022