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Adjective: strong (stronger,strongest)  stróng
  1. Having strength or power greater than average or expected
    "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
     
  2. Not faint or feeble
    "a strong odour of burning rubber"
     
  3. Having or wielding force or authority
    - potent
     
  4. Having a strong physiological or chemical effect
    - potent, stiff
     
  5. Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
    - impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable
     
  6. Of good quality and condition; solidly built
    - solid, 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
     
  9. Freshly made or left
    - warm
     
  10. Strong and sure
    "gave a strong pull on the rope"
    - firm

Derived forms: stronger, strongest

See also: alcoholic, beardown, beefed-up, brawny, bullnecked, bullocky, effective, effectiveness, effectual, efficacious, equipotent, fertile, forceful, fortified, fresh, hard, hefty, industrial-strength, intense, invulnerable, ironlike, irregular, knock-down, knockout, multipotent, muscly, muscular, noticeable, potency, powerful, reinforced, robust, rugged, severe, sinewy, sound, stiff, strength, strengthened, strongly, tough, toughened, vehement, virile, weapons-grade, well-knit, well-set

Antonym: weak

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