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Strong

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Noun, Adjective, Adverb

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Strong has 10 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Stronga. [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. sträng strict, severe. Cf. Strength, Stretch, String.].
  •  Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.  [1913 Webster]
    "That our oxen may be strong to labor."  [1913 Webster]
    "Orses the strong to greater strength must yield."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.  [1913 Webster]
    "Her mother, ever strong against that match."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.  Heb. v. 12.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.  [1913 Webster]
    "He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.  [1913 Webster]
    "I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.  [1913 Webster]
    "Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song,
    As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.  F. A. March.  [1913 Webster]
    " Strong is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc."  [1913 Webster]
Strong conjugation (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also old conjugation, or irregular conjugation, and distinguished from the weak conjugation or regular conjugation.
Syn. -- Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See Robust.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Strong, adj. & adv.
--adj. (stronger; strongest)
1 having the power of resistance; able to withstand great force or opposition; not easily damaged or overcome (strong material; strong faith; a strong character).
2 (of a person's constitution) able to overcome, or not liable to, disease.
3 (of a person's nerves) proof against fright, irritation, etc.
4 (of a patient) restored to health.
5 (of a market) having steadily high or rising prices.
6 capable of exerting great force or of doing much; muscular, powerful.
7 forceful or powerful in effect (a strong wind; a strong protest).
8 decided or firmly held (a strong suspicion; strong views).
9 (of an argument etc.) convincing or striking.
10 powerfully affecting the senses or emotions (a strong light; strong acting).
11 powerful in terms of size or numbers or quality (a strong army).
12 capable of doing much when united (a strong combination).
13 formidable; likely to succeed (a strong candidate).
14 (of a solution or drink etc.) containing a large proportion of a substance in water or another solvent (strong tea).
15 Chem. (of an acid or base) fully ionized into cations and anions in aqueous solution.
16 (of a group) having a specified number (200 strong).
17 (of a voice) loud or penetrating.
18 (of food or its flavour) pungent.
19 (of a person's breath) ill-smelling.
20 (of a literary style) vivid and terse.
21 (of a measure) drastic.
22 Gram. in Germanic languages: a (of a verb) forming inflections by change of vowel within the stem rather than by the addition of a suffix (e.g. swim, swam). b (of a noun or adjective) belonging to a declension in which the stem originally ended otherwise than in -n (opp. WEAK 9).
--adv. strongly (the tide is running strong).

Idiom
come it strong colloq. go to great lengths; use exaggeration. going strong colloq. continuing action vigorously; in good health or trim. strong-arm using force (strong-arm tactics). strong drink see DRINK. strong grade the stressed ablaut-form. strong interaction Physics interaction between certain elementary particles that is very strong but is effective only at short distances. strong language forceful language; swearing. strong meat a doctrine or action acceptable only to vigorous or instructed minds. strong-minded having determination. strong-mindedness determination. strong point
1 a thing at which one excels.
2 a specially fortified defensive position. strong stomach a stomach not easily affected by nausea.
strong suit
1 a suit at cards in which one can take tricks.
2 a thing at which one excels.
Derivative
strongish adj. strongly adv.
Etymology
OE f. Gmc: cf. STRING

THESAURUS

Strong

Draconian, able, able-bodied, accented, acid, acrid, active, acute, adamantine, affluent, aggressive, aggressively, alcoholic, alveolar, animated, antagonistically, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, ardent, armipotent, aromatic, articulated, assertive, assiduous, assimilated, athletic, authoritative, back, bad, bad-smelling, balanced, barytone, basic, beefy, bilabial, biting, blinding, blown, bold, bouncing, brawny, bright, brilliant, brisk, broad, bulky, burly, cacuminal, capable, cartilaginous, central, cerebral, charismatic, charming, checked, chewy, clear, clear-cut, close, cogent, cohesive, combative, compelling, competent, comprehensive, concentrated, conclusive, consequential, considerable, consonant, consonantal, continuant, convincing, coriaceous, corrosive, craggy, cutting, dazzling, dedicated, deep, deep-felt, deep-rooted, defensive, definite, dense, dental, determined, difficult, diligent, dissimilated, distinct, doctrinaire, dogmatic, dorsal, doughty, drastic, driving, durable, dynamic, eager, earnest, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, emotional, emphatic, enchanting, enduring, energetic, engraved, enterprising, enthusiastic, estimable, etched, exhaustive, experienced, extreme, fast, fecal, fervent, fervid, fetid, fibrous, firm, flat, flourishing, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, formidable, foul, fragrant, front, frowsty, frowy, frowzy, full, full of pep, full-blooded, full-bodied, full-strength, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, garish, glaring, glide, glossal, glottal, go-go, good, grand, graphic, grave, graveolent, great, gristly, gutsy, guttural, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hard-nosed, hard-working, hardy, harsh, heady, hearty, heavy, hefty, heroic, high, high-handed, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tasted, high-tension, hot, husky, ill-smelling, imperative, impetuous, important, impressed, impressive, imprinted, in force, in power, incisive, indefatigable, influential, intense, intensified, intonated, iron-hard, irrefutable, irresistible, keen, kinetic, knowledgeable, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, large, lasting, lateral, lax, leatherlike, leathery, light, likely, lingual, liquid, lively, living, low, lusty, magnetic, main, malodorous, marked, massive, maximum, mephitic, mettlesome, miasmal, miasmic, mid, mighty, mighty in battle, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, momentous, monophthongal, mordant, muscular, musty, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, nervous, nervy, nidorous, noisome, numerous, obstinate, occlusive, odoriferous, odorous, off, offensive, offensively, olid, open, operative, opinionated, overbearingly, overenthusiastically, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, passionate, penetrating, peppy, persistent, personable, persuasive, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, piercing, piquant, pitch, pitched, plenary, poignant, posttonic, potent, powerful, prepotent, prestigious, profound, pronounced, prosperous, puissant, punchy, pungent, pushy, putrescent, putrid, qualified, rabid, rancid, rank, reasonable, reasty, reasy, recalcitrant, red-blooded, redoubtable, reechy, reeking, reeky, regular, reinforced, repulsive, reputable, resistant, resolute, retroflex, rich, rigorous, robust, robustious, robustuous, ropy, rotten, rough, rounded, rude, rugged, ruling, secure, sedulous, self-willed, semivowel, sensational, serious, severe, sharp, sinewed, sinewy, sizeable, skilled, slashing, smacking, smellful, smelling, smelly, snappy, soft, solid, solvent, sonant, sound, sour, soured, spanking, spicy, spirited, spirituous, stable, stale, stalwart, stark, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stenchy, stiff, stinking, stopped, stout, straight, strapping, strenuous, stressed, striking, stringent, stringy, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-flavored, strong-minded, strong-scented, strong-smelling, strong-tasting, strong-willed, stubborn, stuffy, sturdy, suasive, substantial, suffocating, sulfurous, surd, syllabic, tainted, take-charge, take-over, talented, telling, tenacious, tense, the same, thick, thriving, throaty, tireless, tonal, tonic, total, tough, tough as leather, trained, trenchant, truculently, true-blue, turned, twangy, two-handed, unaccented, uncompromising, undiluted, unfailing, unflagging, unmistakable, unmixed, unmoving, unrounded, unstressed, unswerving, untiring, unvarying, unwavering, unyielding, urgent, valid, vehement, velar, vibrant, vigorous, vile, vinous, viscid, vital, vivacious, vivid, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, weather-beaten, weighty, well-built, well-constructed, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, well-versed, wide, wieldy, winning, winy, wiry, with a kick, zealous, zestful, zesty, zippy

ROGET THESAURUS

Strong

Greatness

N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Strength

N strength, power, energy, vigor, force, main force, physical force, brute force, spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity, stoutness, lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique, pith, pithiness, virtility, vitality, athletics, athleticism, gymnastics, feats of strength, adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak, iron grip, grit, bone, athlete, gymnast, acrobat, superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath, tower of strength, giant refreshed, strengthening, invigoration, refreshment, refocillation, dynamics, statics, strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid, resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable, incontestable, more than a match for, overpowering, overwhelming, all powerful, all sufficient, sovereign, able-bodied, athletic, Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean, muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic, manly, man-like, manful, masculine, male, virile, unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted, in full force, in full swing, in the plenitude of power, stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, sound as a roach, in fine feather, in high feather, built like a brick shithouse, like a giant refreshed, strongly, by force, by main force, our withers are unwrung, Blut und Eisen, coelitus mihi vires, du fort au diable, en habiles gens, ex vi termini, flecti non frangi, he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves an, inflexible in faith invincible in arms.

Feeling

N feeling, suffering, endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance, experience, response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense, warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence, fervor, fervency, heartiness, cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion, ecstasy, blush, suffusion, flush, hectic, tingling, thrill, turn, shock, agitation, quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor, throb, throbbing, pulsation, palpitation, panting, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment, state of excitement, feeling, sentient, sensuous, sensorial, sensory, emotive, emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive, keen, keen as a razor, trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt, heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic, earnest, wistful, eager, breathless, fervent, fervid, gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming, boiling over, pervading, penetrating, absorbing, rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical, impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap, rapt, in a quiver, enraptured, heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore, heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels, the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy).

Physical Energy

N energy, physical energy, force, power, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation, strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double- distilled, drastic, escharotic, racy, potent, radioactive, strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect, the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won.

Tenacity

N tenacity, toughness, strength, (cohesion), grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion), sequacity, stubbornness (obstinacy), glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity), leather, white leather, whitleather, gristle, cartilage, unbreakability, tensile strength, tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather, stubborn, unbreakable, indivisible, atomic.

Taste

N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.

Pungency

N pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race, sharpness, acrimony, roughness, unsavoriness, mustard, cayenne, caviare, seasoning, niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness), carbonate of ammonia, sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts, hartshorn (acridity), dram, cordial, nip, nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke, segar, cigar, cigarette, weed, fragrant weed, Indian weed, Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy, pungent, strong, high-, full-flavored, high-tasted, high-seasoned, gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy, biting, mordant, spicy, seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious, acrid, acrimonious, bitter, rough, unsavory.

Fetor

N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.

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