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Synonyms for strong
strɔŋ, strɒŋ; ˈstrɔŋ gər, ˈstrɒŋ-; ˈstrɔŋ gɪst, ˈstrɒŋ-strong

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Wiktionary2.5 / 2 votes

  1. strongadjective

    not easily subdued or taken

    a strong position

    Synonyms:
    inviolable, secure, unattackable, impregnable, unassailable

    Antonyms:
    weak

  2. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    irregular

    Antonyms:
    weak, regular

  3. strongadjective

    in a strong manner

    Synonyms:
    powerful, forceful, vigorously, forcefully, powerfully, strongly

    Antonyms:
    forcelessly, powerlessly, weakly, forceless, weak

  4. strongadjective

    capable of withstanding great physical force

    Synonyms:
    sturdy, durable, tough

    Antonyms:
    fragile

  5. strongadjective

    determined, unyielding

    He is strong in the face of adversity.

    Synonyms:
    determined, zealous, unyielding, ardent

  6. strongadjective

    highly stimulating to the senses

    Synonyms:
    extreme, intense

  7. strongadjective

    having an offensive or intense odor or flavor

    a strong smell

    Synonyms:
    rank

  8. strongadjective

    having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient

    Synonyms:
    potent, concentrated

    Antonyms:
    diluted, weak, impotent

  9. strongadjective

    having a high alcoholic content

    a strong drink

    Synonyms:
    hard

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. strong

    Healthy is most correctly used to signify possessing or enjoying health or its results; as, a healthy person; a healthy condition. Healthful signifies promotive of health, tending or adapted to confer, preserve, or promote health; as, a healthful climate. Wholesome food in a healthful climate makes a healthy man. With healthful are ranged the words hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, and wholesome, while the other words are associated with healthy. Salubrious is always used in the physical sense, and is chiefly applied to air or climate. Salutary is now chiefly used in the moral sense; as, a salutary lesson.

    Synonyms:
    hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, vigorous, well, wholesome

    Antonyms:
    delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unhealthy, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  1. strongadjective

    having strength or power greater than average or expected

    "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"

    Synonyms:
    firm, inviolable, unassailable, stiff, warm, hard, potent, unattackable, solid, impregnable, secure, substantial

    Antonyms:
    puny, pallid, anaemic, unsound, shoddy, weakened, lame, flimsy, spineless, pale, vulnerable, regular, feeble, unforceful, sick, wishy-washy, stale, wan, asthenic, debilitated, anemic, forceless, gutless, faint, weak, namby-pamby, nonalcoholic, powerless, adynamic, mild, enervated, jerry-built

  2. strongadjective

    not faint or feeble

    "a strong odor of burning rubber"

    Synonyms:
    firm, inviolable, unassailable, stiff, warm, hard, potent, unattackable, solid, impregnable, secure, substantial

    Antonyms:
    namby-pamby, mild, unforceful, vulnerable, pale, spineless, wishy-washy, lame, weak, feeble, sick, shoddy, powerless, weakened, jerry-built, forceless, flimsy, anaemic, debilitated, anemic, puny, pallid, adynamic, gutless, asthenic, regular, wan, enervated, faint, stale, nonalcoholic, unsound

  3. potent, strongadjective

    having or wielding force or authority

    "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

    Synonyms:
    firm, inviolable, unassailable, stiff, warm, hard, potent, virile, unattackable, solid, impregnable, powerful, secure, substantial

    Antonyms:
    wishy-washy, forceless, shoddy, feeble, unsound, pale, anaemic, namby-pamby, weakened, regular, wan, debilitated, vulnerable, pallid, weak, powerless, faint, gutless, flimsy, jerry-built, spineless, sick, enervated, mild, asthenic, unforceful, anemic, nonalcoholic, adynamic, stale, puny, lame

  4. potent, strong, stiffadjective

    having a strong physiological or chemical effect

    "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"

    Synonyms:
    stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, inviolable, besotted, solid, secure, buckram, warm, unassailable, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, substantial, powerful, plastered, fuddled, tight, firm, hard, unattackable, soused, soaked, sozzled, virile, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, blotto, unwavering, rigid, impregnable, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, potent, starchy, loaded, wet, steady

    Antonyms:
    adynamic, powerless, namby-pamby, sick, wishy-washy, unforceful, wan, regular, jerry-built, shoddy, unsound, enervated, anaemic, weakened, weak, nonalcoholic, spineless, debilitated, stale, feeble, pallid, puny, flimsy, pale, vulnerable, lame, mild, gutless, anemic, asthenic, forceless, faint

  5. impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackableadjective

    immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

    "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"

    Synonyms:
    conceptive, potent, watertight, dependable, safe, absolute, substantial, inviolate, untroubled, inviolable, unshakable, untouchable, warm, good, stiff, inexpugnable, unafraid, infrangible, unattackable, unassailable, bulletproof, firm, solid, sacrosanct, hard, impregnable, secure

    Antonyms:
    feeble, unforceful, wishy-washy, weakened, asthenic, mild, anaemic, stale, gutless, vulnerable, pale, powerless, faint, weak, flimsy, pallid, debilitated, lame, puny, namby-pamby, regular, wan, shoddy, spineless, anemic, sick, jerry-built, nonalcoholic, forceless, enervated, unsound, adynamic

  6. solid, strong, substantialadjective

    of good quality and condition; solidly built

    "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"

    Synonyms:
    self-colored, whole, potent, inviolable, unanimous, self-coloured, substantial, stiff, material, upstanding, significant, hearty, warm, satisfying, hard, real, substantive, solid, unassailable, square, firm, unattackable, impregnable, secure

    Antonyms:
    wan, gutless, sick, lame, anemic, weakened, vulnerable, jerry-built, faint, mild, flimsy, debilitated, spineless, feeble, forceless, powerless, unsound, stale, asthenic, unforceful, weak, anaemic, enervated, nonalcoholic, adynamic, namby-pamby, regular, wishy-washy, shoddy, puny, pale, pallid

  7. strongadjective

    of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

    "`sing' is a strong verb"

    Synonyms:
    firm, inviolable, unassailable, stiff, warm, hard, potent, unattackable, solid, impregnable, secure, substantial

    Antonyms:
    feeble, debilitated, flimsy, weakened, vulnerable, puny, shoddy, regular, wan, anemic, wishy-washy, anaemic, gutless, pale, adynamic, powerless, forceless, jerry-built, unforceful, faint, unsound, namby-pamby, weak, stale, pallid, mild, enervated, nonalcoholic, sick, lame, spineless, asthenic

  8. hard, strongadjective

    being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

    "hard liquor"

    Synonyms:
    severe, arduous, grueling, tough, potent, impregnable, toilsome, hard, substantial, unattackable, stiff, inviolable, heavy, voiceless, laborious, difficult, unassailable, knockout, gruelling, solid, intemperate, concentrated, punishing, unvoiced, firm, warm, operose, backbreaking, surd, secure

    Antonyms:
    regular, asthenic, weak, anaemic, stale, forceless, unforceful, pale, faint, mild, shoddy, jerry-built, feeble, sick, adynamic, unsound, debilitated, flimsy, namby-pamby, puny, vulnerable, nonalcoholic, spineless, enervated, lame, powerless, pallid, wishy-washy, wan, weakened, gutless, anemic

  9. strong, warmadjective

    freshly made or left

    "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"

    Synonyms:
    fond, potent, hard, substantial, stiff, inviolable, ardent, warm, quick, tender, solid, unattackable, unassailable, firm, affectionate, lovesome, impregnable, secure

    Antonyms:
    pallid, vulnerable, gutless, feeble, nonalcoholic, faint, jerry-built, weakened, spineless, flimsy, adynamic, asthenic, shoddy, regular, wan, pale, mild, enervated, weak, namby-pamby, forceless, anaemic, stale, unforceful, powerless, anemic, wishy-washy, debilitated, sick, puny, lame, unsound

  10. firm, strongadjective

    strong and sure

    "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"

    Synonyms:
    loyal, potent, inviolable, fast(a), substantial, stiff, unfluctuating, fast, unshakable, unfaltering, truehearted, warm, hard, unbendable, steadfast, solid, unattackable, unwavering, unassailable, steady, firm, immobile, impregnable, secure

    Antonyms:
    shoddy, unsound, jerry-built, debilitated, sick, wishy-washy, faint, gutless, forceless, feeble, nonalcoholic, anemic, anaemic, spineless, lame, weak, puny, vulnerable, adynamic, pallid, mild, wan, unforceful, powerless, stale, flimsy, weakened, namby-pamby, enervated, pale, asthenic, regular

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blury

    Submitted by rinat on October 2, 2019  
  2. strenghtining

    to be strong

    Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  
  3. yarbrough

    root depth

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    vigorous, robust, sturdy, athletic, brawny, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, herculean, able-bodied, hale, healthy, hardy, stout

  2. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    able, capable, efficient, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant

  3. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    firm, solid, compact, impregnable, well fortified

  4. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    energetic, active, vivid, intense

  5. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    violent, impetuous, vehement

  6. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    pungent, piquant, biting, sharp, racy, spicy, hot, peppery, high-seasoned, high-flavored

  7. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    tenacious, tough, cohesive, resisting, stubborn

  8. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    cogent, forcible, impressive, conclusive, persuasive

  9. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    ardent, eager, zealous, hearty, earnest

  10. strongadjective

    Synonyms:
    10. alcoholic (in a high degree), intoxicating

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How to use strong in a sentence?

  1. Joffrey Ouafqa:

    Corporate results are encouraging, companies have done a great job in terms of restructuring, and now they have a strong operating leverage. A small rise in revenue is enough to send profits soaring.

  2. Chief Financial Officer Mike Wroe:

    Strong trading momentum has continued into 2015.

  3. Janel Anderson:

    Have a strong contingency plan, tell them [ insert co-worker's name here ] will do a great job in my place, you can also add that it wouldn't be in the organization's best interest to have you come into the office today.

  4. Chairman Jacques Nasser:

    Through thick and thin, through good times and bad times, this company has been quite strong, but the one thing we never risk is the strength of the balance sheet through the cycle. We've been very explicit about a solid.

  5. Jesse Hunt:

    Democratic voters have shown that they are certainly energized in a lot of these special elections, but as it pertains to Montana you have a strong candidate in Greg Gianforte who has a strong message that appeals to a broad swath of Montana voters contrasted with a liberal musician with a dubious financial past.


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