Synonyms for strength
strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθstrength

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1. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   power, expertise, potency, fortitude

2. strengthnoun

   The quality of being strong.

   It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.

   Synonyms:
   potency, expertise, fortitude, power

   Antonyms:
   weakness

3. strengthnoun

   The intensity of a force or power; potency.

   Have the strength of ten men.

   Synonyms:
   power, expertise, fortitude, potency

4. strengthnoun

   The strongest part of something.

   Synonyms:
   power, potency, fortitude, expertise

5. strengthnoun

   A positive attribute.

   We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.

   Synonyms:
   potency, fortitude, power, expertise

   Antonyms:
   weakness

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1. strength

   Power is the most general term of this group, including every quality, property, or faculty by which any change, effect, or result is, or may be, produced; as, the power of the legislature to enact laws, or of the executive to enforce them; the power of an acid to corrode a metal; the power of a polished surface to reflect light. Ability is nearly coextensive with power, but does not reach the positiveness and vigor that may be included in the meaning of power, ability often implying latent, as distinguished from active power; we speak of an exertion of power, but not of an exertion of ability. Power and ability include capacity, which is power to receive; but ability is often distinguished from capacity, as power that may be manifested in doing, as capacity is in receiving; one may have great capacity for acquiring knowledge, and yet not possess ability to teach. Efficiency is active power to effect a definite result, the power that actually does, as distinguished from that which may do. Competency is equal to the occasion, readiness prompt for the occasion. Faculty is an inherent quality of mind or body; talent, some special mental ability. Dexterity and skill are readiness and facility in action, having a special end; talent is innate, dexterity and skill are largely acquired. Our abilities include our natural capacity, faculties, and talents, with all the dexterity, skill, and readiness that can be acquired. Efficacy is the power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it; as, the efficacy of a drug. Efficiency is effectual agency, competent power; efficiency is applied in mechanics as denoting the ratio of the effect produced to the power expended in producing it; but this word is chiefly used of intelligent agents as denoting the quality that brings all one's power to bear promptly and to the best purpose on the thing to be done. Compare ADDRESS; DEXTERITY; SKILFUL.

   Synonyms:
   ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, susceptibility, talent

   Antonyms:
   awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

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1. strength

   Synonyms:
   force, vigor, power, security, validity, vehemence, intensity, hardness, soundness, nerve, fibre, sinew

   Antonyms:
   weakness, imbecility, feebleness, insolidity, insecurity, invalidity, frailty, delicacy, softness, flimsiness, hollowness

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1. strengthnoun

   the property of being physically or mentally strong

   "fatigue sapped his strength"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, military posture, military strength, force, enduringness, intensity level, military capability, effectiveness, strong point, specialty, persuasiveness, durability, posture, potency, metier, intensity, strong suit, forcefulness, speciality, forte, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

2. military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posturenoun

   capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

   "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, military posture, bearing, military strength, carriage, force, enduringness, intensity level, military capability, effectiveness, strong point, specialty, persuasiveness, attitude, durability, posture, potency, stance, position, metier, intensity, strong suit, forcefulness, speciality, forte, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

3. force, forcefulness, strengthnoun

   physical energy or intensity

   "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

   Synonyms:
   power, long suit, military posture, military strength, military group, durability, force, military force, intensity level, force play, military capability, violence, effectiveness, effect, specialty, force out, speciality, posture, potency, persuasiveness, metier, intensity, strong point, force-out, strong suit, personnel, forcefulness, military unit, forte, enduringness, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

4. forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strengthnoun

   an asset of special worth or utility

   "cooking is his forte"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, military posture, military strength, fortissimo, force, metier, intensity level, military capability, specialism, potency, medium, distinctiveness, specialty, persuasiveness, effectiveness, specialisation, durability, posture, forcefulness, lastingness, specialness, peculiarity, intensity, strong point, strong suit, forte, speciality, enduringness, specialization

   Antonyms:
   weakness

5. persuasiveness, strengthnoun

   the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty

   "the strength of his argument settled the matter"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, military posture, military strength, force, enduringness, intensity level, military capability, effectiveness, strong point, specialty, persuasiveness, durability, posture, potency, metier, intensity, strong suit, forcefulness, speciality, forte, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

6. intensity, strength, intensity levelnoun

   the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

   "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, military posture, military strength, saturation, force, metier, intensity level, loudness, military capability, durability, enduringness, effectiveness, vividness, specialty, intensiveness, speciality, posture, potency, persuasiveness, volume, intensity, strong point, strong suit, forcefulness, forte, chroma, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

7. potency, effectiveness, strengthnoun

   capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

   "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"

   Synonyms:
   potency, long suit, potentiality, military strength, dominance, force, authorization, enduringness, intensity level, effectuality, military capability, potence, specialty, effectiveness, potential, say-so, effectivity, persuasiveness, speciality, military posture, forcefulness, effectualness, metier, intensity, strong point, posture, strong suit, authority, forte, authorisation, durability, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

8. strengthnoun

   the condition of financial success

   "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, military posture, military strength, force, enduringness, intensity level, military capability, effectiveness, strong point, specialty, persuasiveness, durability, posture, potency, metier, intensity, strong suit, forcefulness, speciality, forte, lastingness

   Antonyms:
   weakness

9. lastingness, durability, enduringness, strengthnoun

   permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

   "they advertised the durability of their products"

   Synonyms:
   long suit, intensity, military posture, military strength, force, enduringness, intensity level, military capability, effectiveness, strong point, specialty, persuasiveness, durability, posture, potency, metier, lastingness, strong suit, forcefulness, speciality, forte

   Antonyms:
   weakness

Matched Categories

1. • Asset
   • Capability
   • Intensity
   • Magnitude
   • Military
   • Permanence
   • Power
   • Property
   • Prosperity

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1. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   power, FORCE, might, potency, puissance, nerve

2. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   tenacity, toughness, solidity

3. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness

4. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution

5. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   validity, cogency, efficacy, prevalence, soundness

6. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   vigor (of style), energy, nervous diction

7. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   support, security, stay

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1. strengthnoun

   Synonyms:
   force, vigor, power, might, hardihood, potency, puissance, stamina, tenacity, toughness, durability, impregnability, invincibility, security, validity, conclusiveness, cogency, efficacy, support, stay, intensity, vividness, virility, vehemence, violence, force, impetuosity, fortitude, robustness, lustiness, stoutness, brawniness, muscularity, thew, sturdiness

   Antonyms:
   debility, delicacy, fragility, weakness, impotency, frailty, infirmity

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1. List of paraphrases for "strength":

   force, resistance, power, fortaleza, fortress, intensity, soundness, forces, robustness, workforce, solidity, endowment, resilience, fortitude, strengths, staffing, concentration, firmness, vigour, resistant, kraft, vitality, effective

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1. W. T. Ussery:

   Numbers are essential, but not absolutely essential to strength. For many churches are numerically strong but lamentably weak spiritually. Numbers, then, are no display of spiritual power or strength.

2. Joanna Harper:

   It is probably true that the greatest changes in the strength of trans women on hormone therapy occur in the first 12 months, but there aren't enough data to make a definitive statement, it is possible that there are further declines in strength after 36 months, and a recent small study out of Brazil suggests that the entire strength advantage might go away. But they just looked at grip strength in eight trans women, compared with eight cis women matched for BMI, so I think the matter is far from settled.

3. Bill Winters:

   We need to reinforce our foundations; streamline our business; strengthen our financial position; and re-orient the bank for better returns on our capital, our capital strength is a key priority. Capital strength is a competitive advantage, especially in tough economic times. We are reviewing all aspects of our capital strength as part of our broader business review.

4. Donald Trump:

   There are certain things I love what he does, and there are certain things that I don't like that he does -- that aren't his strength, it's not that he doesn't do -- you know he works so hard. He's doing an excellent job in many ways. There are a couple of things where it's just not his strength. It's not his fault. It's not his strength.

5. Alfred Lord Tennyson:

   My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.