abdominal

1. 1.

   the muscles of the abdomen

   Synonymsabdominal muscleab

   Broaderskeletal muscle

   Narrowerexternal oblique muscletransversus abdominis muscle

   Part ofabdomen

1. 1.

   of or relating to or near the abdomen

   “abdominal muscles”

Other forms of abdominal

plural

abdominals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abdominal

What does abdominal mean?

abdominal means "the muscles of the abdomen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in abdominal?

abdominal has 4 syllables: ab-do-mi-nal. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /æbˈdɑmənəl/.

What is another word for abdominal?

Close synonyms include abdominal muscle, ab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abdominal a common word?

abdominal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.