1. Having strength or power greater than average or expected
   "a strong man"; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"
    
2. Not faint or feeble
   "a strong odour of burning rubber"
    
3. Having or wielding force or authority
   "providing the ground soldier with increasingly strong weapons";
   - potent
    
4. Of good quality and condition; solidly built
   "a strong foundation";
   - solid, substantial
    
5. With more than adequate force or sureness
   "gave a strong pull on the rope";
   - firm
    
6. Having a strong physiological or chemical effect
   "a strong toxin";
   - potent, stiff
    
7. Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
   "The encryption was strong enough to protect sensitive data";
   - impregnable [rare], inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable
    
8. (grammar) of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
   "‘sing’ is a strong verb"
    
9. Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
   "strong liquor";
   - hard
    
10. Freshly made or left
    "The strong tracks in the snow indicated the deer had just passed";
    - warm

Derived forms: strongest, stronger

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

Antonym: weak

Encyclopedia: Strong, Mississippi