musclebuilding

3.9

The practice of exercising to make muscles bigger and stronger

noun
/ˈmʌsəlˌbɪldɪŋ/

: desarrollo muscular

The magazine featured tips on nutrition and musclebuilding routines for beginners.

Examples

Proper rest is just as important as musclebuilding exercises for muscle growth.
Many athletes engage in musclebuilding exercises.
He dedicated himself to musclebuilding at the gym over the summer.
He is focused on musclebuilding this year.
He dedicated himself to musclebuilding at the gym over the summer.
Proper rest is just as important as musclebuilding exercises for muscle growth.
The magazine featured tips on nutrition and musclebuilding routines for beginners.

Synonyms

weight gaining

vsmusclebuilding

12 4.4

A period of eating and training to add body weight, often muscle

emphasizes muscle growth through exercise rather than general weight gain

bodybuilding

vsmusclebuilding

11 3.4

To build bigger, stronger muscles by lifting weights

is broader exercise practice not necessarily focused on competition or weightlifting

muscle building

vsmusclebuilding

2 3.2

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

has identical meaning but written as one combined word

Antonyms

loss

247 1.3

A gradual reduction in amount or size

How Muscle-Building

bodybuilding

11 3.4

musclebuilding

3.9

exercise

455 1.0

Surface Forms

musclebuilding singular

musclebuildings plural

Morphology

musclebuilding = muscle + building (transparent) = muscle + building

A straightforward compound of 'muscle' + 'building' (often written 'muscle-building'), meaning the activity of building muscles; the meaning follows directly from the parts.

Etymology

Musclebuilding is a simple compound of muscle and building, where muscle is the part of your body and building means 'making bigger'. So, think of musclebuilding like adding bricks to a wall: it is the exercise and work that makes your muscles larger and stronger.