| Main Entry: | sinew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength |
Synonyms: |
force, muscle, potency, power, tendon, thew, vigor, vitality |
| Main Entry: | beef |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong physical makeup |
Synonyms: |
arm, brawn, flesh, force, heftiness, meat, might, muscle, physique, power, robustness, sinew, steam, strength, thew, vigor |
| Main Entry: | brawn |
| 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 |
| 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: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
Synonyms: |
arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
Antonyms: |
powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | mainstay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chief support |
Synonyms: |
anchor, backbone, brace, bulwark, buttress, crutch, good right arm, linchpin, maintainer, pillar, prop, right-hand person, sinew, staff, standby, stay, strength, supporter, sustainer, upholder |
| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
Synonyms: |
adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, jurisdiction, lustiness, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, peppiness, potency, powerfulness, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, qualifiedness, sinew, steam, strength, strenuousness, strong arm, sway, valor, vigor, vigorousness |
| Notes: | may is more optimistic than might; may carries the idea of permission while might suggests likelihood |
Antonyms: |
inability, powerlessness, weakness |
| 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: | pillar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mainstay; source of strength |
Synonyms: |
backbone*, guider, leader, light*, rock*, sinew, supporter, tower of strength, upholder, worthy |