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| Main Entry: |
brawn
 [brawn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscular strength and breadth |
| Synonyms: | beef, beefiness, clout, energy, flesh, kick, meat, might, moxie*, muscle, muscularity, power, punch, robustness, sinews, sock, steam, thew, vigor |
| Antonyms: | frailness, skinniness, slightness, thinness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flesh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body tissue, skin |
| Synonyms: | beef, brawn, cells, corpuscles, fat, fatness, flesh and blood, food, meat, muscle, plasm, plasma, protoplasm, sinews, thews, weight |
| Main Entry: | meat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flesh of animal consumed as food |
| Synonyms: | aliment, brawn, chow, comestible, eats, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, grub, muscle, nourishment, nutriment, provision, ration, subsistence, sustenance, victual |
Example Sentences
- The role of the pusher is defined by strength, brawn and athleticism.
- In so many motion pictures does brawn get the break over brain that it is indeed encouraging when the bookworm finally turns.
- In all, the phone's few shortcomings are eclipsed by its processing brawn and fleetness of foot.
| Main Entry: | muscle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large fibers of animal body |
| Synonyms: | beef, brawn, flesh, meat, might, sinew, tendon, thew, tissue |
| Main Entry: | muscle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, influence |
| Synonyms: | brawn, clout, energy, force, forcefulness, might, potency, sinew, stamina, strength, strong arm, sturdiness, weight |
| Antonyms: | impotence, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical ability, capacity |
| Synonyms: | applied force, arm*, brawn, dynamism, energy, force, forcefulness, horsepower, intensity, mechanical energy, might, muscle*, omnipotence, potency, potential, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor, vim, virtue, voltage, weight |
| Antonyms: | debility, disability, impairment, impotence, infirmity, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strength |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stamina, mental or physical |
| Synonyms: | backbone, body, brawn, brawniness, brute force, clout, courage, durability, energy, firmness, force, fortitude, hardiness, health, healthiness, lustiness, might, muscle, nerve, physique, pith, potency, pow, power, powerhouse, robustness, security, sinew, sock, soundness, stability, stableness, stalwartness, steadiness, steamroller, stoutness, strong arm, sturdiness, substance, tenacity, toughness, verdure, vigor, vim, vitality, zip |
| Antonyms: | lack, weakness |
| Main Entry: | potence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, body, brawn, brawniness, brute force, clout, courage, durability, energy, firmness, force, fortitude, hardiness, health, healthiness, lustiness, might, muscle, nerve, physique, pith, potency, pow, power, powerfulness, powerhouse, puissance, robustness, security, sinew, sock, soundness, stability, stableness, stalwartness, steadiness, steamroller, stoutness, strong arm, sturdiness, substance, tenacity, thew, toughness, verdure, vigor, vim, vitality, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | powerfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, body, brawn, brawniness, brute force, clout, courage, durability, energy, firmness, force, fortitude, hardiness, health, healthiness, lustiness, might, muscle, nerve, physique, pith, potence, potency, pow, power, powerhouse, puissance, robustness, security, sinew, sock, soundness, stability, stableness, stalwartness, steadiness, steamroller, stoutness, strong arm, sturdiness, substance, tenacity, thew, toughness, verdure, vigor, vim, vitality, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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