strong

Meaning

1. Capable of producing great physical force.
2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
3. Possessing power, might, or strength.
4. Determined; unyielding.
5. Highly stimulating to the senses.
6. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
7. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
8. Having a high alcoholic content.
9. Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
10. That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
11. Not easily subdued or taken.
12. Having wealth or resources.
13. (slang) Impressive, good.
14. Having a specified number of people or units.
15. Severe; very bad or intense.
16. Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
17. Convincing.

strong

powerful

firm

hard

robust

solid

sturdy

mighty

vigorous

tough

stout

healthy

forceful

intense

potent

energetic

brave

durable

muscular

courageous

violent

lasting

severe

stable

unyielding

stiff

stalwart

big

tenacious

great

loud

deep

athletic

fast

thick

pungent

concentrated

hardy

burly

substantial

rigid

difficult

secure

lusty

fat

fierce

strict

resolute

staunch

able

strength

good

stallwart

able-bodied

hot

extreme

steady

rich

sound

quick

heroic

heavy

rugged

sharp

ardent

vehement

bold

active

brawny

fit

well-built

virile

be strong

young

tight

resistant

hearty

manly

resilient

fearless

rough

impregnable

iron

thriving

excessive

warm

rapid

reliable

industrious

intensive

millet beer

capable

thickset

large

considerable

sizeable

piquant

stubborn

passionate

inflexible

dark

majestic

spicy

biting

poignant

harsh

lively

hale and hearty

enduring

effective

tasty

determined

convincing

authoritative

influential

in good health

stormy

much

efficacious

fixed

very much

sinewy

inviolable

unassailable

unattackable

profound

numerous

swift

steadfast

stern

stringent

important

hefty

puissant

husky

high

vivid

serious

bitter

confident

firmly

prosperous

saturated

strong-willed

patient

flavorful

flavourful

long-lasting

well

power

big man

strongly

unbending

rigor

rigour

advanced

high-grade

likely

plausible

good health

robustness

fishy

stinking

fervent

fervid

excellent

superior

unified

settled

united

burning

scorching

constant

daring

hardened

doughty

glaring

ruddy

permanent

forcible

peppery

developing

persuasive

knowledgeable

skillful

distinctive

drastic

bearing

of support

supporting

prehensile

having strong shoulders

entire

full

most Indra-like

aged

unswerving

untiring

valiant

growing

abundant

copious

manifold

plentiful

eager

of a strong frame

well fortified

sensual desire

Atlantean

boisterous

fast coupling

gutsy

heady

humming

keen

long

marrowy

nervous

proof

rocky

sinewed

zealous

retentive

flagrant

rank

cogent

violently

heavily

trig

quick-moving

quick-walking

speedy

believable

credible

dependable

faithful

honest

trustworthy

fiery

be energetic

be industrious

be mighty

be powerful

be vigorous

long-wearing

fetid

painful

male

masculine

coarse

wide

macho

bouncing

hale

upstanding

possible

practicable

smacking

splitting

incisive

staving

roborant

sthenic

high-intensity

violence

very strong

handsome

certain

sure

indefatigable

flesh

fleshy

not hollow

odor

smell

powerful person

fluent

properly

grow hard

plenty

well-founded

high spirit

become hard

obdurate

turbulent

flourishing

effectual

think

reinforce

fine

intermittent

irregular

off-and-on

indissoluble

invulnerable

repellent

running

serviceable

sustainable

tolerant

unbreakable

foursquare

mettlesome

stoical

undestroyable

caller

crisp

fast-breaking

fresh

new

original

recent

sweet

unsoured

up-to-date

broad

earthy

herculean

well-knit

well-set

snug

acute

cordial

exquisite

orotund

racy

red-blooded

live

unanimous

safe

adamant

portly

tense

proud

generous

skilled

massive

grand

wealthy

brutal

squally

cutting

piercing

colossal

enormous

huge

tall

weighty

wild

overflowing

well fed

developed

self-possessed

seasoned

tart

undamaged

with effort

established

well-formed

busy

solidly

formidable

able to work

do well

indomitable

tameless

complicated

bright light

courage

defiant

truculent

heat

intensity

tension

pithy

weak

urgent

hard-line

tenacity

endurable

persevering

doggedly

resolutely

heavyset

bigly

potentially

vigour

force

good worker

grammatical meaning

expected

draw a bow

straight road

throw up

hairless

crafty

move swiftly

stimulating

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹɒŋ/

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang, from Proto-West Germanic *strang, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin stringō (“tighten”).