Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deltoid
1 sense of deltoid
Sense 1
deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus -- (a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm)
=> skeletal muscle, striated muscle -- (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
Antonyms of adj deltoid
1 sense of deltoid
Sense 1
deltoid -- (triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex)
INDIRECT (VIA simple) -> compound -- (composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads")
Similarity of adj deltoid
1 sense of deltoid
Sense 1
deltoid -- (triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex)
=> simple (vs. compound), unsubdivided -- ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)