strong
adjective
[ strɒŋ ]
• having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks.
• "she cut through the water with her strong arms"
Similar:
powerful,
muscular,
brawny,
well built,
powerfully built,
strapping,
sturdy,
hefty,
burly,
meaty,
robust,
fit,
athletic,
vigorous,
tough,
rugged,
stalwart,
staunch,
mighty,
hardy,
lusty,
Herculean,
strong as an ox/horse/lion,
beefy,
hunky,
husky,
ripped,
shredded,
buff,
jacked,
• able to withstand force, pressure, or wear.
• "cotton is strong, hard-wearing, and easy to handle"
Similar:
secure,
well built,
indestructible,
well fortified,
well defended,
well protected,
impregnable,
impenetrable,
inviolable,
unassailable,
fortress-like,
solid,
durable,
hard-wearing,
heavy-duty,
tough,
sturdy,
well made,
substantial,
rugged,
resistant,
resilient,
imperishable,
long-lasting,
enduring,
• very intense.
• "a strong smell"
Similar:
intense,
deep,
rich,
warm,
bright,
brilliant,
vivid,
striking,
colourful,
graphic,
radiant,
gleaming,
dazzling,
glaring,
• used after a number to indicate the size of a group.
• "a hostile crowd several thousands strong"
• denoting a class of verbs in Germanic languages that form the past tense and past participle by a change of vowel within the stem rather than by addition of a suffix (e.g. swim, swam, swum ).
• relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles, which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10−13 cm (so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge), and which conserves strangeness, parity, and isospin.
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German streng, also to string.
strong on
• good at.
• "he is strong on comedy"
