Another word for strong
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Adjective
Having great physical strength
- powerful; strong
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
- Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects:
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent:
- Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force:
- Imposing or awesome in size, degree, or extent:
- To a great degree; extremely. Used as an intensive:
See also:Capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship
- Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
- Hard to cut or chew:
- Physically hardy; rugged:
- Having or showing rugged physical strength or robust health:
- Substantially made or built; able to withstand stress or rough use:
- Marked by resoluteness or determination; firm:
- Bulky in figure; thickset or corpulent.
- Strong in body; sturdy:
- Thick or strong in structure or substance; solid or substantial:
- Loyal and resolute:
- Strong and imposing:
- One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause:
- Able to withstand difficult or adverse conditions; robust:
- Courageous; intrepid.
- Brazenly daring; audacious.
See also:Full of or displaying force
- Strong and healthy; robust:
- Growing or spreading rapidly:
- Characterized by or done with force and energy:
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
- Effective; forceful.
- Effected against resistance through the use of force:
- Characterized by force; powerful.
- Characterized by or full of force; effective:
- Having an intended or expected effect.
- Producing a strong impression or response; striking:
- Operative; in effect:
- Of or relating to energy or to objects in motion.
- Of or relating to the study of dynamics.
- Characterized by continuous change, activity, or progress:
See also:Not easily moved or shaken
- Incapable of being shaken:
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent:
- Solidly built; strong:
- Ample; sustaining:
- Having or showing rugged physical strength or robust health:
- Substantially made or built; able to withstand stress or rough use:
- Marked by resoluteness or determination; firm:
- Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed:
- Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation:
- Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring:
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
- Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous:
- Of or relating to three-dimensional geometric figures or bodies.
- Firm or compact in substance:
- Free from danger or attack:
- Free from risk of loss; safe:
- Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons:
- Resistant to externally applied pressure.
- Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:
- Securely fixed in place:
Firmly settled or positioned
- Confident, as of something awaited or expected:
- Impossible to doubt or dispute; certain:
- Bound to come about or happen; inevitable:
- Firm in position or place; fixed.
- Direct and unfaltering; sure.
- Free or almost free from change, variation, or fluctuation; uniform:
- Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed:
- Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation:
- Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring:
- Free from danger or attack:
- Free from risk of loss; safe:
- Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons:
- Resistant to externally applied pressure.
- Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:
- Securely fixed in place:
- Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.
- Accomplished in relatively little time:
- Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously:
See also:Intensely violent in sustained velocity
- Having a relatively great elevation; extending far upward:
- Extending a specified distance upward:
- Far or farther from a reference point:
- Having relatively great weight:
- Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
- Large, as in number or quantity:
- Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
- Full of intensity; energetic or fierce:
- Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
- Characterized by or showing hostility:
- Extremely powerful or destructive:
See also:Resulting from or affecting one's innermost feelings
- Having, showing, or requiring great insight or understanding:
- Deeply felt or held; intense:
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching:
- Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree:
- Extreme in degree, strength, or size:
- Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:
- Extending far downward below a surface:
- Extending far inward from an outer surface:
- Extending far backward from front to rear:
Having a high concentration of the distinguishing ingredient
- Difficult to bend or fold:
- Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant:
- Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber:
- Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects:
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent:
- Not dilute; having a high concentration.
- Intense; directed towards a specific location.
- Simple past tense and past participle of concentrate.
See also:Containing alcohol
- Having the nature of or containing alcohol; alcoholic.
- Distilled. Used of an alcoholic beverage.
- Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
- Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
- Requiring great effort or endurance:
- Related to or resulting from alcohol.
- Containing or preserved in alcohol.
- Suffering from alcoholism.
See also:
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Another word for strong
Modifier
Physically strong; said especially of persons
- (simile, colloquial) Very hard; tough
- Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
- Straps considered as a group.
- Material for making straps.
- Of or relating to wire.
- Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness:
- Sinewy and lean:
- Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky.
- Strong and muscular.
- Loyal and resolute:
- Strong and imposing:
- One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause:
- Alternative spelling of heavyset.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of men, especially when considered traditionally masculine, as in being courageous or direct:
- Well-developed or toned in musculature:
- In a manly manner.
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
- Not physically disabled; strong and healthy:
- Of or befitting athletics or athletes.
- Characterized by or involving physical activity or exertion:
- Physically strong and well-developed; muscular:
- Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force:
- Imposing or awesome in size, degree, or extent:
- To a great degree; extremely. Used as an intensive:
- Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.
- Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male, especially in having the ability to have sexual intercourse.
- Masculine in a robust way; manly:
- Energetic or forceful:
- Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
- Hard to cut or chew:
- Physically hardy; rugged:
- Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
- Of or relating to energy.
- Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects:
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent:
- Being in physical motion:
- Functioning or capable of functioning.
- Marked by energetic activity; busy:
- Full of vigor or vitality; robust.
- Powerful; strong:
- Lustful.
- Hoarse or rough in quality:
- Resembling a husk.
- Containing husks.
- Having relatively great weight:
- Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
- Large, as in number or quantity:
- Of considerable size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large.
- Having great strength or force:
- Of great significance; momentous:
- Able to withstand difficult or adverse conditions; robust:
- Courageous; intrepid.
- Brazenly daring; audacious.
- Bulky in figure; thickset or corpulent.
- Strong in body; sturdy:
- Thick or strong in structure or substance; solid or substantial:
- Strong and healthy; robust:
- Growing or spreading rapidly:
- Characterized by or done with force and energy:
- Stringy and tough:
- Lean and muscular.
- Strong and vigorous:
- Of, relating to, or consisting of muscle:
- Having well-developed muscles:
- Having or suggesting great forcefulness, especially at the expense of subtlety:
- Resistant to externally applied pressure.
- Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:
- Securely fixed in place:
- Having or showing rugged physical strength or robust health:
- Substantially made or built; able to withstand stress or rough use:
- Marked by resoluteness or determination; firm:
- Full of health and strength; vigorous.
- Powerfully built; sturdy:
- Requiring or characterized by much strength or energy:
Physically strong; said especially of things
- simple past tense and past participle of reinforce
- Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent:
- Solidly built; strong:
- Ample; sustaining:
- Having a rough irregular surface:
- Having strong features marked with furrows or wrinkles:
- Having a sturdy build or strong constitution:
- well-proportioned; strongly built; skillfully and soundly put together
- skillfully constructed or contrived
- having a skillfully contrived plot
- Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
- Hard to cut or chew:
- Physically hardy; rugged:
- Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force:
- Imposing or awesome in size, degree, or extent:
- To a great degree; extremely. Used as an intensive:
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
- Firmly in position; stationary:
- Determined; established; set:
- Not subject to change or variation; unchanging:
- Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed:
- Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation:
- Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring:
- Firm in position or place; fixed.
- Direct and unfaltering; sure.
- Free or almost free from change, variation, or fluctuation; uniform:
- Not giving way to pressure; hard or inflexible:
- Incapable of being changed; unalterable:
- Not willing to change or be persuaded; resolute:
- Having sufficient power or resources to accomplish something:
- Susceptible to action or treatment:
- Especially capable or proficient:
- Capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay:
- Made to withstand repeated use over a relatively long period, usually several years or more:
- Able to perform or compete over a long period, as by avoiding or overcoming injuries:
- Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient:
- Hard to cut or chew:
- Physically hardy; rugged:
- Free from danger or attack:
- Free from risk of loss; safe:
- Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons:
- Based on sound judgment, reasoning, or evidence; adequately substantiated:
- Firm and steadfast; loyal or true.
- Having a strong or substantial construction or constitution:
- Resistant to externally applied pressure.
- Marked by or indicating the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue:
- Securely fixed in place:
- Having or showing rugged physical strength or robust health:
- Substantially made or built; able to withstand stress or rough use:
- Marked by resoluteness or determination; firm:
- Of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous:
- Of or relating to three-dimensional geometric figures or bodies.
- Firm or compact in substance:
Healthy
- Expressed warmly, exuberantly, and unrestrainedly:
- Complete or thorough; unequivocal:
- Vigorous; robust:
- Free from infirmity or illness; sound.
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
Firm
- Firm and steadfast; loyal or true.
- Having a strong or substantial construction or constitution:
- Marked by or showing determination; resolute:
- Decided or resolved:
- Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.
- Fixed or unchanging:
- Fixed or unmovable:
See also:Intelligent
- Of or relating to perception:
- Having the ability to perceive; keen in discernment.
- Marked by discernment and understanding; sensitive.
- Alternative spelling of clearheaded.
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
See also:Powerful
- Having or exercising influence.
- One that is of considerable importance or influence:
- Having or showing great power, skill, strength, or force:
- Imposing or awesome in size, degree, or extent:
- To a great degree; extremely. Used as an intensive:
- Very large in size, extent, or intensity:
- Of a larger size than other, similar forms:
- Large in quantity or number:
See also:Extreme
- Rigorous in the imposition of discipline:
- Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition:
- Requiring close observance or demanding in expectations:
- Characterized by or full of force; effective:
- Extreme in effect; severe or radical:
- Acting rapidly or violently:
See also:Potent in effect
- Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
- Being at a high temperature.
- Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable:
- (of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
- Very exciting and stimulating, especially as if by alcohol or some stimulant.
- Present participle of intoxicate.
- Present participle of inebriate.
- Having a manner that stimulates.
- Present participle of stimulate.
- Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
- Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
- Requiring great effort or endurance:
- Having an intended or expected effect.
- Producing a strong impression or response; striking:
- Operative; in effect:
- Difficult to bend or fold:
- Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant:
- Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber:
- Having great power or energy; dynamic:
- Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects:
- Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent:
- Having or capable of exerting power.
- Effective or potent:
- Great:
Undiluted
- Free from other elements; pure:
- Having great material wealth:
- Having great worth or value:
- Made of or containing valuable materials:
- Extending continuously in the same direction without curving:
- Having no waves or bends:
- Not bent or bowed; rigid or erect:
See also:Intense
- Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point.
- Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity.
- Acutely sensitive:
- Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
- Keenly perceptive or discerning:
- Extremely sharp or severe; intense:
- Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
- Having clear form and detail:
- Terminating in an edge or a point:
See also:Distinct
- Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
- Having clear form and detail:
- Terminating in an edge or a point:
- Having one or more distinguishing marks.
- Clearly defined and evident; noticeable:
- Singled out, especially for a dire fate:
- Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
- Not obscured or darkened; bright:
- Easily seen through; transparent:
Competent
- Having or showing skill; expert.
- Requiring specialized ability or training:
- Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.
- A person who exhibits such competence; an expert.
- Very skilled or accomplished.
- A highly skilled person; an expert:
See also:Financially sound