Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "muscle" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

animal arm body of animal bodybuilder gym human body jaw leg muscle magazine

Capable Of

contract contract and expand

Derived Terms

Muscle Beach Muscle Creek beer muscles delayed onset muscle soreness delayed-onset muscle soreness gym muscles hired muscle hypermuscle intermuscle love muscle make a muscle mind-muscle connection muscle Mary muscle ass muscle boy muscle car muscle confusion muscle dysmorphia muscle fiber muscle fibre muscle girl muscle god muscle head muscle in muscle in on muscle man muscle memory muscle mommy muscle morph muscle queen muscle reading muscle relaxant muscle segment muscle shirt muscle spindle muscle tone muscle up muscle woman muscle worship muscle-bound muscle-eye-brain disease muscle-prism muscle-queen muscle-up musclebike muscleblind musclebound musclebrain muscled muscled up muscledom muscleful musclegirl musclehead muscleless musclelike muscleman musclesome musclewoman musclewood muscley muscly muscular muscularity musculature nonmuscle on the muscle outmuscle white muscle disease

Etymologically Related To

mouse

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

animal tissue authorisation authority authorization bully contractile organ contractor dominance hooligan musculature pass potency roughneck rowdy ruffian say-so strength tough yob yobbo yobo

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Molson muscle Müller's muscle Types of muscles: see also Category:en:Muscles abdominal muscle abdominoscrotal muscle abducens muscle anterior auricular muscle anterior scalene muscle arytenoid muscle auricular muscle caninus muscle cardiac muscle ciliary muscle cricoarytenoid muscle cricothyroid muscle deltoid muscle deltoideus muscle digastric muscle external oblique muscle extraocular muscle geniohyoid muscle heart muscle inferior oblique muscle internal oblique muscle involuntary muscle iris dilator muscle jaw muscle lateral cricoarytenoid muscle lateral pterygoid muscle masseter muscle medial pterygoid muscle middle scalene muscle muscle of mastication mylohyoid muscle oblique muscle omohyoid muscle papillary muscle pectoral muscle posterior auricular muscle posterior cricoarytenoid muscle posterior scalene muscle pterygoid muscle rectus abdominis muscle rectus muscle scalene muscle shaving muscle skeletal muscle smooth muscle sternocleidomastoid muscle sternohyoid muscle sternothyroid muscle striated muscle striped muscle stylohyoid muscle superior auricular muscle superior oblique muscle superior tarsal muscle tailor's muscle temporal muscle temporoparietalis muscle thyroarytenoid muscle thyrohyoid muscle triangularis muscle voluntary muscle

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure animal tissue authority contractile organ heavier than fat internal body part internal organ meat more metabolically active than fat non aspectual quantity physiological quantity tissue

Made Of

meat

Manner Of

pass

Part Of

body most bodies muscular structure

Related Terms

mouse myology myotomy

Related Terms

animal arm arm definition bicep biceps body body fibers body substance body tissue bodybuilding bodyguard bulging bulging arm contractile cramp definition enlarged exercise fibers flesh flexed force human human tissue jumping male male bodybuilding meat mouse myology myotomy organ part part body physique pink pink flesh progress running running jumping strength strong strong flesh strongman substance tendons tissue weightlifter

Synonym Network

brawn muscleman

Used For

applying force constricting eating exert force against object extension flexing flexing arm flexion lift object lift things lift weights lifting move moving perform work rotation walk walking

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.