| ADJECTIVE | all | strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected |
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| all | strong | not faint or feeble | |
| all | strong, potent | having or wielding force or authority | |
| all | strong, potent, stiff | having a strong physiological or chemical effect | |
| all | strong, impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable | immune to attack | |
| all | strong, solid, substantial | of good quality and condition | |
| all | strong | of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection | |
| all | strong, hard | being distilled rather than fermented | |
| all | strong, warm | freshly made or left | |
| all | strong, firm | strong and sure |
| Sounds | strao'ng | |
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| Rhymes | along ... yearlong: 33 rhymes with aong... | |
| Meaning | Having strength or power greater than average or expected. | |
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| Attribute of | strength | The property of being physically or mentally strong |
| Narrower | beardown | With full strength |
| beefed-up | made greater or stronger | |
| brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy | (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight | |
| bullnecked | Having a thick short powerful neck | |
| bullocky | resembling a bullock in strength and power | |
| fortified | Having something added to increase the strength | |
| hard, knockout, severe | Very strong or vigorous | |
| industrial-strength, weapons-grade | Extremely strong or concentrated or durable | |
| ironlike | Exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron | |
| knock-down, powerful | Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm | |
| reinforced, strengthened | Given added strength or support | |
| robust | Strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity / adversity | |
| sound | Vigorous or severe | |
| stiff | Powerful | |
| vehement | Characterized by great force or energy | |
| virile | Characterized by energy and vigor | |
| well-knit, well-set | strongly and firmly constructed | |
| See also | powerful | Having great power or force or potency or effect |
| robust | Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction | |
| rugged | sturdy / sturdy and strong in constitution or construction | |
| tough, toughened | physically toughened | |
| Opposite | weak | Wanting in physical strength |
| Spanish | fuerte | |
| Catalan | fort | |
| Adverbs | strongly | with strength or in a strong manner |
| strongly | in a powerful manner | |
| Meaning | not faint or feeble. | |
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| Example | "a strong odor of burning rubber" | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Spanish | fuerte, pronunciado | |
| Catalan | fort, pronunciat | |
| Meaning | Having or wielding force or authority. | |
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| Synonym | potent | |
| Broader | powerful | Having great power or force or potency or effect |
| Spanish | fuerte, potente | |
| Catalan | fort, potent | |
| Meaning | Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. | |
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| Synonyms | potent, stiff | |
| Attribute of | potency, effectiveness, strength | Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects |
| Narrower | equipotent | Having equal strength or efficacy |
| multipotent | able to many things | |
| See also | effective, effectual, efficacious | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect |
| fertile | capable of reproducing | |
| powerful | Having great power or force or potency or effect | |
| Opposite | impotent | lacking power or ability |
| Spanish | potente | |
| Meaning | Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. | |
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| Synonyms | impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable | |
| Broader | invulnerable | immune to attack / attack |
| Spanish | inatacable, inexpugnable, inviolable | |
| Catalan | inviolable | |
| Meaning | Of good quality and condition; solidly built. | |
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| Synonyms | solid, substantial | |
| Broader | sound | In good condition |
| Spanish | fuerte, macizo, sólido | |
| Catalan | fort, massís, sòlid, substancial | |
| Meaning | Of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection. | |
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| Example | "'sing' is a strong verb" | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Broader | irregular | contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice |
| Spanish | irregular | |
| Meaning | Distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content. | |
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| Synonym | hard | |
| Broader | alcoholic | Characteristic of or containing alcohol |
| Spanish | fuerte | |
| Catalan | fort | |
| Meaning | Freshly made or left. | |
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| Synonym | warm | |
| Broader | fresh | recently made, produced, or harvested |
| Spanish | fuerte | |
| Meaning | Strong and sure. | |
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| Example | "gave a strong pull on the rope" | |
| Synonym | firm | |
| Broader | forceful | Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) |
| Spanish | acérrimo, firme | |
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