muscular

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having or suggesting great physical power or force

   the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony

2. 2
   adj

   possessing physical strength and weight

   My date was very muscular.

3. 3
   adj

   of or relating to or consisting of muscle

   muscular contraction

4. 4
   adj

   Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

   It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.

5. 5
   adj

   Brawny, thewy, having strength.

   It was a strange figure—like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, [...] The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength.

6. 6
   adj

   Robust, strong.

   Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that [Narendra] Modi was able to earn.

7. 7
   adj

   Full-bodied

   muscular wine

8. 8
   adj

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

Etymology

Late 17th century; from muscle (Latin mūsculus) + -ar. Compare French musculaire.