Deltoid Synonyms

dĕltoid
A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deltoid-muscle
  2. fan-shape
  3. musculus deltoideus
  4. triarch
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. fan shaped
  2. palmated
  3. sprawly
  4. three-footed
  5. three-in-one
  6. three-pronged
  7. triadic
  8. tricornered
  9. tricuspid
  10. trifid
  11. trigrammatic
  12. trimerous
  13. triparted
  14. triquetral

Words Related to Deltoid

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. kite
  2. trapezius
  3. latissimus-dorsi
  4. scapula
  5. subscapularis
  6. supraspinatus
  7. gastrocnemius
  8. transversus
  9. abdominis
  10. infraspinatus
  11. adductor
  12. quadriceps
  13. rectus
  14. femoris

Deltoid Sentence Examples

  • Seated lateral raises will help you build the deltoid muscles of your shoulders.

  • There are three parts of the deltoid - anterior (front), posterior (back) and lateral (side).

  • The leaves are broader than in most willows, and are generally either deltoid or ovate in shape, often cordate at the base, and frequently with slender petioles vertically flattened.

  • In this well-known variety the young shoots are but slightly angled, and the branches in the second year become round; the deltoid short-pointed leaves are usually straight or even rounded at the base, but sometimes are slightly cordate; the capsules ripen in Britain about the middle of May.

  • The propatagialis longus muscle is composed of slips from the deltoid, pectoral, biceps and cucullaris muscles.

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