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bodybuilding

bodybuilding

11 3.4
To build bigger, stronger muscles by lifting weights
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑdiˌbɪldɪŋ/
translation icon : culturismo
  • After years of consistent weightlifting, she decided to enter her first bodybuilding competition next month.
  • wrestling and bodybuilding
  • sports such as bodybuilding
  • such as bodybuilding

And that's really what led me into bodybuilding competitions.

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Examples

  • I would like to announce officially that I am retiring from bodybuilding competition.

  • Plus, he was a good height for bodybuilding and had a virtually perfect skeleton.

    Academic text (1993)
  • But then once I decided I was going to do a bodybuilding show my training changed quite a bit.

  • How do you feel about women who are into bodybuilding?

  • Bodybuilding has been a beautiful experience for me.

  • Olympia, the biggest bodybuilding contest in the world.

  • And that's really what led me into bodybuilding competitions.

  • But now the local gym has offered to let us use their bodybuilding equipment Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Just as importantly, you need to get enough rest for your bodybuilding regimen.

    Blog text (30)
  • "The doctor gave Tim a booklet on the proper diet for bodybuilding."

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

muscle building
vsbodybuilding
2 3.2

A way of training and eating to make muscles bigger and stronger

is a more active, sportlike pursuit emphasizing consistent weight training
musclebuilding
vsbodybuilding
3.9

The practice of exercising to make muscles bigger and stronger

is an activity focused on weightlifting and organized regular training

Antonyms

16 5.6

Spending most time sitting and getting little exercise

How Intensive

bodybuilding
11 3.4
weightlifting
11 3.2
light work
  • Informal
3 1.0

Surface Forms

bodybuilding singular
bodybuildings plural

Morphology

bodybuilding = body + building (transparent) = body + build + ing

The meaning ('the activity of building the body') is directly and predictably derived from 'body' + 'building' (build + -ing).

Etymology

Bodybuilding comes from the simple parts body and building, so think of it as 'building the body' like a builder makes a house stronger. That's why bodybuilding means doing exercises, often with weights, to make your muscles bigger and stronger.