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Adjective

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mus=cu=lar

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Muscular has 4 senses

muscular(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to or consisting of muscle; "muscular contraction"

Derived forms noun

muscle₂

noun

muscularity₁

muscular(a = adj.all) mesomorphic - having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer;

Derived form noun muscle₅

muscular(s = adj.all) - having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony"
muscular(s = adj.all) brawny, hefty, powerful, sinewy - (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

Derived forms noun muscle₅, noun muscularity₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Muscular, a. [Cf. F. musculaire. See Muscle.].

Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber. [1913 Webster]
"Great muscular strength, accompanied by much awkwardness." [1913 Webster]
Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm. [1913 Webster]

Muscular Christian, one who believes in a part of religious duty to maintain a healthful and vigorous physical state. T. Hughes. -- Muscular Christianity. (a) The practice and opinion of those Christians who believe that it is a part of religious duty to maintain a vigorous condition of the body, and who therefore approve of athletic sports and exercises as conductive to good health, good morals, and right feelings in religious matters. T. Hughes. (b) An active, robust, and cheerful Christian life, as opposed to a meditative and gloomy one. C. Kingsley. -- Muscular excitability (Physiol.), that property in virtue of which a muscle shortens, when it is stimulated; irritability; contractility. -- Muscular sense (Physiol.), muscular sensibility; the sense by which we obtain knowledge of the condition of our muscles and to what extent they are contracted, also of the position of the various parts of our bodies and the resistance offering by external objects.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Muscular, adj.
1 of or affecting the muscles.
2 having well-developed muscles.

Idiom

muscular Christianity a Christian life of cheerful physical activity as described in the writings of Charles Kingsley. muscular dystrophy see DYSTROPHY. muscular rheumatism = MYALGIA. muscular stomach see STOMACH.

Derivative

muscularity n. muscularly adv.

Etymology

earlier musculous (as MUSCLE)

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THESAURUS

Muscular

Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, broad-shouldered, burly, elastic, fibrous, flexible, husky, mighty, muscle-bound, powerful, resilient, robust, ropy, rugged, sinewy, springy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, supple, thewy, thickset, well-built, well-knit, well-set, well-set-up, wiry

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Muscular

Strength

N strength, power, energy, vigor, force, main force, physical force, brute force, spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity, stoutness, lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique, pith, pithiness, virtility, vitality, athletics, athleticism, gymnastics, feats of strength, adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak, iron grip, grit, bone, athlete, gymnast, acrobat, superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath, tower of strength, giant refreshed, strengthening, invigoration, refreshment, refocillation, dynamics, statics, strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid, resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable, incontestable, more than a match for, overpowering, overwhelming, all powerful, all sufficient, sovereign, able-bodied, athletic, Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean, muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic, manly, man-like, manful, masculine, male, virile, unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted, in full force, in full swing, in the plenitude of power, stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, sound as a roach, in fine feather, in high feather, built like a brick shithouse, like a giant refreshed, strongly, by force, by main force, our withers are unwrung, Blut und Eisen, coelitus mihi vires, du fort au diable, en habiles gens, ex vi termini, flecti non frangi, he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves an, inflexible in faith invincible in arms.

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