strong

strong
    adj 1: having strength or power greater than average or
           expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a
           strong man" [ant: {weak}]
    2: not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"
    3: having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground
       soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [syn: {potent},
       {strong}]
    4: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent
       toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff
       drink" [syn: {potent}, {strong}, {stiff}] [ant: {impotent}]
    5: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an
       impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier
       inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" [syn:
       {impregnable}, {inviolable}, {secure}, {strong},
       {unassailable}, {unattackable}]
    6: of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid
       foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn:
       {solid}, {strong}, {substantial}]
    7: of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing'
       is a strong verb"
    8: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high
       alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: {hard}, {strong}]
    9: freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
       [syn: {strong}, {warm}]
    10: strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the
        rope" [syn: {firm}, {strong}]
    

Strong \Strong\, a. [Compar. {Stronger}; superl. {Strongest}.]
   [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous,
   OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong,
   severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[aum]ng strict, severe. Cf.
   {Strength}, {Stretch}, {String}.]
   1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to
      act; having a power of exerting great bodily force;
      vigorous.
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            That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv.
                                                  14.
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            Orses the strong to greater strength must yield.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or
      endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong
      constitution; strong health.
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   3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to
      withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily
      subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a
      strong fortress or town.
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   4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a
      strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
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   5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong
      house, or company of merchants.
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   6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength
      or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
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   7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible;
      impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind
      was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
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   8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind
      or imagination; striking or superior of the kind;
      powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong
      reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong
      language.
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   9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong
      partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
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            Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak.
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   10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular
       quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or
       tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
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   11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol;
       intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
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   12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors,
       etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
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   13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12.
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   14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered;
       as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
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   15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
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             He had offered up prayers and supplications with
             strong crying and tears.             --Heb. v. 7.
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   16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the
       mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong
       mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
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             I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
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             Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song,
             As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E.
                                                  Smith.
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   18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a
       strong market.
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   19. (Gram.)
       (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its
           preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root
           vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the
           addition of -en (with or without a change of the root
           vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven;
           break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to
           weak, or regular. See {Weak}.
       (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain
           the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic
           languages the vowel stems have held the original
           endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems
           in -n are called weak other constant stems conform,
           or are irregular. --F. A. March.
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   {Strong conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong
      verb; -- called also {old conjugation}, or {irregular
      conjugation}, and distinguished from the {weak
      conjugation} or {regular conjugation}.
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   Note: Strong is often used in the formation of
         self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed,
         strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored,
         strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed,
         strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc.
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   Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular;
        forcible; cogent; valid. See {Robust}.
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Strong, AR (city, FIPS 67370)
  Location: 33.10804 N, 92.35937 W
  Population (1990): 624 (303 housing units)
  Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 71765
Strong, ME
  Zip code(s): 04983
    

Strong, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    651
   Housing Units (2000): 285
   Land area (2000):     1.119860 sq. miles (2.900424 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.119860 sq. miles (2.900424 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            67370
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             33.109856 N, 92.358353 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     71765
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Strong, AR
    Strong
    

476 Moby Thesaurus words for "strong":
      Draconian, able, able-bodied, accented, acid, acrid, active, acute,
      adamantine, affluent, aggressive, aggressively, alcoholic,
      alveolar, animated, antagonistically, apical, apico-alveolar,
      apico-dental, ardent, armipotent, aromatic, articulated, assertive,
      assiduous, assimilated, athletic, authoritative, back, bad,
      bad-smelling, balanced, barytone, basic, beefy, bilabial, biting,
      blinding, blown, bold, bouncing, brawny, bright, brilliant, brisk,
      broad, bulky, burly, cacuminal, capable, cartilaginous, central,
      cerebral, charismatic, charming, checked, chewy, clear, clear-cut,
      close, cogent, cohesive, combative, compelling, competent,
      comprehensive, concentrated, conclusive, consequential,
      considerable, consonant, consonantal, continuant, convincing,
      coriaceous, corrosive, craggy, cutting, dazzling, dedicated, deep,
      deep-felt, deep-rooted, defensive, definite, dense, dental,
      determined, difficult, diligent, dissimilated, distinct,
      doctrinaire, dogmatic, dorsal, doughty, drastic, driving, durable,
      dynamic, eager, earnest, effective, effectual, efficacious,
      efficient, emotional, emphatic, enchanting, enduring, energetic,
      engraved, enterprising, enthusiastic, estimable, etched,
      exhaustive, experienced, extreme, fast, fecal, fervent, fervid,
      fetid, fibrous, firm, flat, flourishing, flush, forceful, forcible,
      forcy, formidable, foul, fragrant, front, frowsty, frowy, frowzy,
      full, full of pep, full-blooded, full-bodied, full-strength,
      fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, garish, glaring, glide, glossal,
      glottal, go-go, good, grand, graphic, grave, graveolent, great,
      gristly, gutsy, guttural, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard,
      hard as nails, hard-nosed, hard-working, hardy, harsh, heady,
      hearty, heavy, hefty, heroic, high, high-handed, high-potency,
      high-powered, high-pressure, high-tasted, high-tension, hot, husky,
      ill-smelling, imperative, impetuous, important, impressed,
      impressive, imprinted, in force, in power, incisive, indefatigable,
      influential, intense, intensified, intonated, iron-hard,
      irrefutable, irresistible, keen, kinetic, knowledgeable, labial,
      labiodental, labiovelar, large, lasting, lateral, lax, leatherlike,
      leathery, light, likely, lingual, liquid, lively, living, low,
      lusty, magnetic, main, malodorous, marked, massive, maximum,
      mephitic, mettlesome, miasmal, miasmic, mid, mighty,
      mighty in battle, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, momentous,
      monophthongal, mordant, muscular, musty, muted, narrow, nasal,
      nasalized, nervous, nervy, nidorous, noisome, numerous, obstinate,
      occlusive, odoriferous, odorous, off, offensive, offensively, olid,
      open, operative, opinionated, overbearingly, overenthusiastically,
      oxytone, palatal, palatalized, passionate, penetrating, peppy,
      persistent, personable, persuasive, pharyngeal, pharyngealized,
      phonemic, phonetic, phonic, piercing, piquant, pitch, pitched,
      plenary, poignant, posttonic, potent, powerful, prepotent,
      prestigious, profound, pronounced, prosperous, puissant, punchy,
      pungent, pushy, putrescent, putrid, qualified, rabid, rancid, rank,
      reasonable, reasty, reasy, recalcitrant, red-blooded, redoubtable,
      reechy, reeking, reeky, regular, reinforced, repulsive, reputable,
      resistant, resolute, retroflex, rich, rigorous, robust, robustious,
      robustuous, ropy, rotten, rough, rounded, rude, rugged, ruling,
      secure, sedulous, self-willed, semivowel, sensational, serious,
      severe, sharp, sinewed, sinewy, sizeable, skilled, slashing,
      smacking, smellful, smelling, smelly, snappy, soft, solid, solvent,
      sonant, sound, sour, soured, spanking, spicy, spirited, spirituous,
      stable, stale, stalwart, stark, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely,
      stenchy, stiff, stinking, stopped, stout, straight, strapping,
      strenuous, stressed, striking, stringent, stringy,
      strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-flavored, strong-minded,
      strong-scented, strong-smelling, strong-tasting, strong-willed,
      stubborn, stuffy, sturdy, suasive, substantial, suffocating,
      sulfurous, surd, syllabic, tainted, take-charge, take-over,
      talented, telling, tenacious, tense, the same, thick, thriving,
      throaty, tireless, tonal, tonic, total, tough, tough as leather,
      trained, trenchant, truculently, true-blue, turned, twangy,
      two-handed, unaccented, uncompromising, undiluted, unfailing,
      unflagging, unmistakable, unmixed, unmoving, unrounded, unstressed,
      unswerving, untiring, unvarying, unwavering, unyielding, urgent,
      valid, vehement, velar, vibrant, vigorous, vile, vinous, viscid,
      vital, vivacious, vivid, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel,
      vowellike, weak, weather-beaten, weighty, well-built,
      well-constructed, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded,
      well-made, well-versed, wide, wieldy, winning, winy, wiry,
      with a kick, zealous, zestful, zesty, zippy