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| Main Entry: | strength |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stamina, mental or physical |
| Synonyms: | backbone, body, brawn, clout, courage, durability, energy, firmness, force, fortitude, health, might, muscle, nerve, physique, pith, potency, power, security, sinew, sock*, soundness, stability, steamroller, substance, tenacity, verdure, vigor, vim, vitality, zip*, brawniness, brute force, hardiness, healthiness, lustiness, pow, powerhouse, robustness, stableness, stalwartness, steadiness, stoutness, strong arm, sturdiness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | lack, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strength |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intensity |
| Synonyms: | clout, cogency, concentration, depth, effectiveness, efficacy, energy, extremity, fervor, force, juice*, kick*, potency, power, resolution, spirit, vehemence, vigor, virtue |
| Antonyms: | lethargy, weakness, enervation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strength |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, substance |
| Synonyms: | anchor, asset, body, burden, connection, core, gist, guts, intestinal fortitude, license, mainstay, meat, pith, purport, security, sense, succor, upper hand, weight, wire, in, strong point |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, weakness |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
strength; power [more]; energy [more]; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity., stoutness; lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virility, vitality., athletics, athleticism; gymnastics, feats of strength., adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak; iron grip; grit, bone., athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed., strengthening; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation., [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
-verbs
be strong, be stronger; overmatch., render strong; give strength; strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh [more]; refect; reenforce (restore) [more].
-adjectives
strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid., resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable; incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all powerful, all sufficient; sovereign., able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean; muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic.
-adverbs
strongly; by force; by main force (by compulsion) [more].
-phrases
"our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | weakness |
| Main Entry: | cogency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | bearing, concern, connection, conviction, force, pertinence, point, potency, power, punch, strength, validity, convincingness, forcefulness, relevance, validness |
| Antonyms: | impotence, weakness, ineffectiveness, invalidity |
| Main Entry: | effectiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | capability, clout, cogency, effect, efficacy, efficiency, force, performance, point, potency, power, punch, strength, success, use, validity, verve, vigor, weight, forcefulness, validness |
| Antonyms: | ineffectiveness, unproductivity, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | efficacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | efficiency; productiveness |
| Synonyms: | ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight, capableness, efficaciousness |
| Notes: | if something is efficacious, it is able to produce the desired result; efficacy means the power to produce effects |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, weakness, inefficacy, unproductiveness, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | elbow grease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | blood sweat and tears, effort, exertion, labor, muscle, oomph, oomph*, physical effort, strain, strength, sweat, sweat of one's brow, toil, travail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emphasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, prominence |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, force, headline, highlight, insistence, intensity, moment, power, priority, significance, strength, stress, weight, accentuation, decidedness, impressiveness, positiveness, preeminence, underlining, underscoring |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | forte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong point |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efficiency, faculty, gift*, long suit*, métier, medium, strength, strong suit*, talent, thing*, ableness, eminency, oyster*, speciality |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | health |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical, mental wellness |
| Synonyms: | bloom*, complexion, constitution, energy, euphoria, fettle, fitness, form, hardihood, pink*, prime*, shape, soundness, stamina, state, strength, tone, verdure, vigor, well-being, wholeness, clean bill, eupepsia, fine feather, good condition, haleness, hardiness, healthfulness, healthiness, lustiness, robustness, salubriousness, salubrity, tonicity, top form |
| Antonyms: | disease, illness, infirmity, sickness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heroism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bravery |
| Synonyms: | boldness, courage, daring, fortitude, gallantry, nobility, prowess, spirit, strength, valor, courageousness, doughtiness, fearlessness, intrepidity, valiance, valiancy, valorousness |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, meekness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | intensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferocity, fervor, fire, force, fury, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, strain, strength, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, deepness, ferociousness, fervency, fierceness, forcefulness, high pitch, intenseness, sharpness, tenseness, weightiness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, laziness, lethargy, moderation, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | mainstay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chief support |
| Synonyms: | anchor, backbone, brace, bulwark, buttress, pillar, prop, sinew, staff, standby, stay, strength, supporter, crutch, good right arm, linchpin, maintainer, right-hand person, sustainer, upholder |
| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, jurisdiction, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, potency, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, sinew*, steam, strength, sway, valor, vigor, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, lustiness, peppiness, powerfulness, qualifiedness, strenuousness, strong arm, vigorousness |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | momentum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impetus, push |
| Synonyms: | drive, energy, force, impulse, power, propulsion, strength, thrust |
| Main Entry: | oomph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, endurance, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, punch, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, vigor, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zest, zing, zip, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | authority, capability, capacity, command, control, dominion, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, go*, hardihood, influence, juice*, kick*, might, moxie*, muscle*, pep, potential, power, puissance, punch, sinew*, snap, sock*, steam*, strength, sway, vigor, virtue, zap*, zing*, zip*, birr, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | disability, weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | propulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
| Synonyms: | drive, effort, energy, impulse, momentum, muscle, power, pressure, punch, push, speed, steam, strength, stress, tension, thrust, velocity, full head of steam, horsepower |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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