Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun muscleman

2 senses of muscleman

Sense 1
muscleman, muscle -- (a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him")
       => bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow)

Sense 2
bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman -- (someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")