Synonyms of the word

muscle

• n. (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
• n. (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
• n. (uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) Strength, force.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
• v. To use force to make progress, especially physical force.

authorisation

• n. Alternative spelling of authorization.

authority

• n. ability to decide, control.
• n. (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
• n. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
• n. (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
• n. Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

authorization

• n. (uncountable) Permission.
• n. (countable) An act of authorizing.
• n. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
• n. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

brawn

• n. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
• n. Physical strength; muscularity.
• n. (chiefly Britain) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
• n. (Britain, dialectal) A boar.
• v. (transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
• v. (intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.

brawniness

• n. The state of being brawny or having brawn.

bully

• n. A person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power.
• n. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an…
• n. A hired thug.
• n. A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.
• n. (uncountable) Bully beef.
• n. (obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
• n. The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
• n. A small freshwater fish.
• n. (obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade.
• n. (dialectal) A companion; mate. (male or female).
• n. (obsolete) darling, sweetheart. (male or female).
• v. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
• v. (transitive) To act aggressively towards.
• adj. (US, slang) Very good; excellent.
• adj. (slang) Jovial and blustering; dashing.
• interj. (often followed by for) Well done!

contractor

• n. A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
• n. A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
• n. A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping,…
• n. A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.

dominance

• n. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
• n. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
• n. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs;…
• n. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

heftiness

• n. The property of being hefty.

hooligan

• n. (informal, pejorative) A person that causes trouble or violence.

muscleman

• n. A bodyguard.
• n. (bodybuilding) A man with developed muscles.

muscularity

• n. musculature.
• n. (bodybuilding) The degree to which the muscles in a body part are developed.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

potency

• n. Strength.
• n. Power.
• n. The ability or capacity to perform something.

roughneck

• n. (colloquial, chiefly US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.
• n. (colloquial, chiefly US) An ironworker; a dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer.
• n. (colloquial, chiefly US) A labourer on an oil rig.
• v. To work as a laborer on an oil rig.

rowdy

• adj. loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
• n. A boisterous person; a brawler.

ruffian

• n. A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
• n. (obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
• n. (obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
• v. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
• adj. Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous.

say-so

• n. Statement that something is so.
• n. (informal) Permission.
• n. Say, voice (in a matter).

sinew

• n. (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.
• n. (obsolete) A nerve.
• n. (figuratively) Muscle; nerve; nervous energy; vigor; vigorous strength; muscular power.
• n. A string or chord, as of a musical instrument.
• n. (figuratively) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting member or factor;…
• v. To knit together, or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

strength

• n. The quality or degree of being strong.
• n. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
• n. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
• n. A positive attribute.
• n. (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
• v. (obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.

tough

• adj. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
• adj. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
• adj. Rugged or physically hardy.
• adj. Stubborn.
• adj. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
• adj. Rowdy or rough.
• adj. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
• adj. (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
• interj. (slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy.
• n. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
• v. To endure.
• v. To toughen.

yob

• n. (obsolete, back slang) A boy.
• n. (pejorative, chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour…

yobbo

• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) A yob.

yobo

• n. (slang, Australia) Someone, usually a male, who is uncouth, badly behaved and obnoxious. Loud and drunk…
• n. (slang, Britain) A cruel and brutal fellow.