BRAWN Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

brawn

noun

ˈbrȯn

Definition of brawn

as in muscle

muscular strength an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent

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Recent Examples of brawn The Bravolebrity was honored for both her resilience as a mom and brawn as a business owner. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026 Woody was a slightly uncoordinated and not-so-strong cowboy cop who relied more on his sense of humor than his brawn. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026 Mincemeat pies, crane, swan, brawn (terrine made with a pig’s head and served with mustard), goose and lamprey pie, and even porpoise (served dressed with vinegar and breadcrumbs) were all popular holiday fare. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025 In our own history, the failures of the Vietnam and Iraq wars owed less to insufficient brawn than to arrogance, cultural blindness, and the hubristic dismissal of diplomacy as weakness. — Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brawn

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Noun

This helps to build functional core strength rather than just targeting a single muscle group.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The bed is also constructed with pressure-relieving orthopedic foam intended to help support joints and muscles.

— Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

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Noun

His brand shone as a symbol of national pride and soft power.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Damianos also hailed the entry of French investment company Meridiam as a backer to the Great Seas Interconnector project, an electricity cable that will connect Europe’s power grid with that of Cyprus and eventually Israel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

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The number of beef cows is at historic lows for the midyear mark, and the calf crop for 2026 is projected to be down another 2% from last year’s multidecade lows, per the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s cattle report released last month.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is demanding answers after the recent recall of nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef from Argentina.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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