- strong
- strong [adj1] healthy, powerful able, ablebodied, active, athletic, big, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, hale, hard as nails*, hardy, hearty, heavy, heavy-duty*, in fine feather*, mighty, muscular, reinforced, robust, rugged, secure, sinewy, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stark, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-built, well-founded, well-made; concepts 314,489,540 —Ant. feeble, infirm, unhealthy, unpowerful, weak strong [adj2] determined, resolute aggressive, brave, clear, cogent, courageous, dedicated, deep, eager, fervent, fervid, fierce, firm, forceful, gutsy*, handful*, hard-nosed*, independent, intelligent, intense, iron-willed, keen, mean, perceptive, plucky, potent, pushy, resilient, resourceful, sagacious, self-assertive, severe, staunch, steadfast, take charge*, tenacious, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, violent, wicked*, zealous; concepts 403,542 —Ant. agreeable, complacent, easygoing, irresolute, laid-back, uncaring, weak strong [adj3] distinct, unmistakable clear, clearcut, cogent, compelling, convincing, effective, fast, firm, forceful, formidable, great, hard, influential, marked, mighty, overpowering, persuasive, potent, powerful, redoubtable, secure, sharp, sound, stiff, stimulating, telling, trenchant, urgent, weighty, well-established, well-founded; concepts 535,537 —Ant. indistinct, mistakable, obscure, vague strong [adj4] extreme acute, draconian, drastic, forceful, intense, keen, severe, sharp, strict; concept 569 —Ant. mild, moderate strong [adj5] forceful on the senses biting, bold, bright, brilliant, concentrated, dazzling, effective, fetid, full-bodied, glaring, hard, heady, high, highly flavored, highly seasoned, hot, inebriating, intoxicating, loud, malodorous, noisome, piquant, potent, powerful, pungent, pure, rancid, rank, rich, robust, sharp, spicy, stark, stimulating, stinking, straight, strong-flavored, undiluted, unmixed; concepts 462,598,618 —Ant. delicate, low, mild, moderate, pale, soft
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