strong
see also: Strong
Etymology

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang, from Proto-West Germanic *strang, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • (British) enPR: strŏng, IPA: /stɹɒŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɒŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɒŋ]
  • (America) enPR: strông, IPA: /stɹɔŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɔŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɔŋ], [ʃt͡ʃɹɔŋ]
  • (cot-caught) enPR: strŏng, IPA: /stɹɑŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɑŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɑŋ]
Adjective

strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest)

  1. Capable of producing great physical force.
    a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
    The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC ↗:
      For he was swift as swallow in her flight,
      And strong as Lyon in his lordly might.
  2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
    a strong foundation; good strong shoes
  3. (broadly) Possessing power, might, or strength.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Proverbs 24:5 ↗:
      A wise man is strong, yea a man of knowledge encreaseth strength.
  4. Determined; unyielding.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:
      The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
    He is strong in the face of adversity.
  5. Highly stimulating to the senses.
    a strong light; a strong taste
  6. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
    a strong smell
  7. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
    a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine
  8. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
    a strong drink
    She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes
  9. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
    a strong verb
  10. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
    a strong acid;  a strong base
  11. (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
    a strong position
  12. Having wealth or resources.
    a strong economy
  13. (slang, US) Impressive, good.
    You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong!
  14. Having a specified number of people or units.
    The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC ↗; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i ↗:
      Our armie will be forty thouſand ſtrong,
      When Tamburlain and braue Theridamas
      Haue met vs by the riuer Araris:
      And all conioin’d to meete the witleſſe King,
      That now is marching neere to Parthia.
  15. (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
  16. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
  17. (of an argument) Convincing.
Synonyms Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “capable of producing great physical force”): forceless, weak
  • (antonym(s) of “capable of withstanding great physical force”): fragile
  • (antonym(s) of “having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient”): diluted, impotent, weak
  • (antonym(s) of “grammar: irregular”): regular, weak
  • (antonym(s) of “chemistry: that completely ionizes”): weak
  • (antonym(s) of “military: not easily subdued or taken”): weak
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strong (not comparable)

  1. In a strong manner.
Synonyms Antonyms
Strong
Proper noun
  1. Surname.
  2. A number of places in USA:
    1. A minor city in Union County, Arkansas.
    2. A twp in Chase County, Kansas.
    3. A town in Franklin County, Maine.
    4. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
    5. CDP in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  3. A twp/and/community therein, in Parry Sound District, Ontario.



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