anabolic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
some athletes take anabolic steroids to increase muscle size temporarily
Related & opposite
- catabolic antonym
- anabolism derivation
- constructive-metabolic similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anabolism |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | anabolism |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | catabolic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | anabolism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | constructive-metabolic |