muscle
noun
1. one of the contractile organs of the body
Definition categories: body, contractor
2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
Definition categories: body
3. a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
- the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him
Similar word(s): muscleman
Definition categories: person, bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo
4. authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
- the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign
Definition categories: attribute, authority, authorization, dominance, potency
5. possessing muscular strength
Similar word(s): brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew
Definition categories: attribute, strength
Sentences with muscle as a noun:
- Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.