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strong |
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Draconian, able-bodied, able, 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-smelling, bad, 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-cut, clear, close, cogent, cohesive, combative,
compelling, competent, comprehensive, concentrated, conclusive, consequential, considerable, consonant, consonantal, continuant, convincing, coriaceous, corrosive, craggy, cutting, dazzling, dedicated, deep-felt, deep-rooted, deep, 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-blooded, full-bodied, full-strength, full, full of pep, 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-nosed, hard-working, hard, hard as nails, hardy, harsh, heady, hearty,
heavy, hefty, heroic, high-handed, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tasted, high-tension,
high, 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-flavored, strong-minded, strong-scented, strong-smelling, strong-tasting,
strong-willed, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
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
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going strong |
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balmy, blooming, blossoming, booming, clear, exuberant, fair, fat, flourishing, flowering, fruiting, halcyon, in full force, in full swing, in good case, palmy, piping, prospering, rosy, sleek, thriving, unabated, unallayed, unbated, undiminished, unexhausted, unfaded, unflagging, unshaken, unweakened, unweakening, unwithered,
unworn, vigorous
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strong arm |
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amperage, argumentum baculinum, arm, armipotence, authority, battler, beef, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, black power, blackjack, blade, bludgeon, bravo, brawler, brute force, bulldoze, bulldozer, bully, bullyboy,
charge, charisma, clout, coerce, coercion, coercive, cogence, cogency, combatant,
competitor, compulsion, contender, contestant, dint, disputant, dragoon, drive,
duelist, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, energy, enforcer, exert strength, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, flower power, foilsman, force, force majeure, forcefulness, forcible, full blast, full force, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man, high pressure, hijack, hood, hoodlum, hooligan,
influence, intimidate, intimidation, jouster, knight, main force,
main strength, mana, might,
might and main, mightiness, militant, moxie, muscle, muscle power, pizzazz, plug-ugly, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, pressure, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, quarreler,
rioter, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, shanghai, sinew, sledgehammer, squabbler, steam, steamroller, strength, strong-arm man, strong-arm tactics, strong-armer, struggler, superiority, superpower, swashbuckler, sword,
swordplayer, swordsman, the big stick, the bludgeon, the club, the jackboot, the mailed fist,
the strong arm, the sword, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, use force,
use violence, validity, vehemence,
vigor, vim, violence, violent, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, wrangler
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strong in |
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acquainted with, adept in, at home in, at home with, conversant with, expert at, familiar with, good at, handy at, informed in, intimate with,
master of, proficient in, skilled in, up on, versed in, well-read in, well-versed, well up on
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strong language |
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bad language, billingsgate, bite, bitingness, blue language, colorful
language, cursing, cussing, cuttingness, dirty language, dirty talk, drive,
dysphemism, effectiveness, evil speaking, filth, filthy language, force, forcefulness, foul language, guts, impressiveness, incisiveness, mordancy, nervosity, nervousness, obscenity, poignancy, power, profane swearing, profanity, punch, ribaldry, scatology, sinew, sinewiness, strength, swearing, trenchancy, unparliamentary language, unrepeatable expressions, vigor, vigorousness, vile language, vitality, vulgar language
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strong man |
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Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclops, Goliath, Hercules, Polyphemus, Samson, Superman, Tarzan, Titan, bully, bullyboy, colossus, despot, dictator, duce, giant, gorilla,
muscle man, oppressor, powerhouse, stalwart, strong-arm man, the
mighty, the strong, tough, tough
guy, tower of strength
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strong point |
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ability, acropolis, area, bag, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead,
bump, bunker, caliber, capability, capacity, castle, citadel, cogency,
cup of tea, donjon, dower, dowry, endowment, equipment,
faculty, fasthold, fastness,
field, flair, fort, forte, fortress, garrison, garrison house, genius, gift, good reason, good reasoning, hold, instinct, ironclad reasoning, keep, knockdown argument, line, long suit, main interest, makings, manner, martello, martello tower, metier,
mote, motte, natural endowment, natural gift, parts, peel, peel tower, pet subject, pillbox, post, potential, power, powers, pursuit, qualification, rath, right thinking, safehold, sound evidence, sound reasoning, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, strong argument, strong flair, stronghold, style, talent, talents, technicality, the goods, the stuff, thing, tower, tower of strength, type, vocation, ward, way, weakness, what it takes
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strong room |
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Fort Knox, bank, bursary, cash register, cashbox, chest, coffer, coin box, depository, exchequer, fisc, gold
depository, locker, money chest, penny bank, piggy bank, pork barrel, public crib,
public till, public treasury, public trough, repository, safe-deposit box, safe, storehouse, strongbox, subtreasury, till, treasure-house, treasury, vault
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strong-minded |
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bright, conceptive, conceptual, controlled, discursive, firm-minded, forward, ideational, importunate, independent, intellectual,
intelligent, knowing, noetic, not so dumb, pushy, rational, reasonable, sane, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-controlled,
self-expressive, self-possessed, self-restrained, sensible, sophic, strong-willed, understanding
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strong-willed |
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balking, balky, beefy, bigoted, bouncing, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case-hardened, controlled, dogged, dogmatic, doughty, fanatic, firm-minded,
forceful, forcible, forcy,
forward, full-blooded, full-strength,
gutsy, gutty, hale,
hard, hard as nails, hardheaded,
hardy, headstrong, hearty, hefty, husky, importunate, independent, intolerant,
iron-hard, lusty, mighty,
mulish, nervy, obstinate, opinionated, overzealous, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, potent, powerful, puissant, pushy, red-blooded, restive, robust, robustious, rugged, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-controlled, self-expressive, self-possessed, self-restrained, self-willed, set, stalwart, steely, stiff-necked, stout,
strapping, strong-minded, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strongheaded,
stubborn, sturdy, sulky,
sullen, tenacious, uncooperative, unregenerate, vigorous, willful
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Main entries similar to: strong
acid, active, acute, aggressive, alcoholic, alveolar, animated, ardent, assimilated, authoritative,
back, bad, beefy, bilabial, biting, blown, bold, bouncing,
brawny, brisk, broad, bulky, burly, central, cerebral, charismatic,
charming, chewy, close, cogent, cohesive, comprehensive, consequential, considerable, consonant, corrosive, courageous, cutting, deep, dense, dental, dorsal, drastic, driving,
durable, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, emphatic, enchanting, enduring, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, estimable, exhaustive, fast, fecal, fetid, fibrous, firm,
flat, flush, forceful, forcible, foul, fresh, front, frowsty,
frowzy, full, full-blooded, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, glaring,
glide, glossal, glottal, go-go, grand, grave, great, gutsy, guttural, hale, hard,
hardy, healthy, hearty, heavy, hefty, high, high-powered, husky,
imperative, impetuous, important, impressive, in force, in power, incisive, influential, intense, irresistible, keen, kinetic, labial,
lasting, lateral, lax, leathery, light, lingual, liquid, lively, living, low, lusty, magnetic, main,
malodorous, massive, maximum, mettlesome, miasmic, mid, mighty, mildewed,
moldy, momentous, mordant, muscular, musty, muted, narrow, nasal,
nasalized, nervous, nervy, noisome, noxious, obstinate, occlusive, odorous, off, offensive, open, operative, palatal, penetrating, peppy, personable, persuasive, pharyngeal, philosopher, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, piercing, pitched, plenary, poignant, potent, powerful, prepotent, prestigious, pronounced, proof, prosperous, puissant, punchy, pungent, putrid, racy,
rancid, rank, reasty, red-blooded, reeking, repulsive, reputable, resistant, retroflex, rich, rigid, robust, ropy,
rotten, rounded, rude, rugged, ruling, secure, sensational, serious, sharp, sinewy, slashing, smacking, smelly, snappy, soft, solid, sonant, sound,
sour, soured, spanking, spirited, spirituous, stable, stale, stalwart, staunch, steady, steely, stiff, stinking, stopped, stout, straight, strapping, stressed, striking, stringy, strong-willed, stubborn, stuffy, sturdy, suasive, substantial, successful, suffocating, sulfurous, surd, sure, syllabic, tainted, take charge, telling, tenacious, tense, thick, throaty, thug, tonal, tonic, total, tough, trenchant, twangy, unaccented, unasked, unstressed, untiring, unyielding, valid, vibrant, vigorous, vile, violent, viscid, vital, vivacious, vivid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, weak, weighty, well-built, well-grounded, well-made,
wide, winning, wiry, zestful, zippy
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