muscled

Having strong physique

Muscled describes having muscles, especially prominent or well-developed ones: a muscled torso, heavily muscled arms.

The word often appears in compound forms: well-muscled, thickly muscled.

As a verb form, muscled means forced through physical strength or aggressive effort: He muscled his way through the crowd, She muscled into the conversation.

physique

sculpted

Shaped into art

toned · cut · sinewy · lean · firm · taut · contoured · striated · vascular · shredded

bulk

brawny

Physically powerful, well-muscled

  • burlyHeavily muscled and broad
  • massiveExtremely large and heavy
  • heftyConsiderable in weight

thickset · husky · stocky · hulking · barrel-chested · broad-shouldered · powerful · stout · meaty · thick

strength

powerful

Having great strength

mighty · strong · hardy · resilient · tough · stalwart · forceful · potent · brawn · sinew

bodybuilding

swole

Extremely muscular, informally

flexing · posing · physique · reps · sets · protein · dumbbells · barbell · deadlift · squat

exertion

straining

Exerting intense effort

bulging · contracted · pumped · engorged · taut · working · engaged · activated · clenched · coiled

coercion

forced

Made to occur unwillingly

intimidated · pushed · coerced · bulldozed · overpowered · browbeaten · steamrolled · elbowed · shouldered · shoved

Opposites
muscularity/physical build

muscledunmuscled

Lacking muscular development

flabby · scrawny · puny · atrophied · weak

physical strength/power

muscledweak

Lacking power or force

feeble · frail · delicate · fragile · powerless

body definition/tone

muscledflabby

Soft, loose, untoned

untoned · slack · soft · saggy · shapeless

Phrases
Family

muscle, muscles, muscly, muscling, muscle in

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