antagonistic muscle

1. 1.

   (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another

   “the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles”

   Broadermuscle

   Narroweragonistantagonist

   physiology

Questions about antagonistic muscle

What does antagonistic muscle mean?

antagonistic muscle means "(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another".

Is antagonistic muscle a common word?

antagonistic muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.