adjective
- Having strength or power greater than average or expected.
- usage: "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
- Not faint or feeble.
- usage: "a strong odor of burning rubber"
- Having or wielding force or authority.
- usage: "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
- synonyms: potent
- Having a strong physiological or chemical effect.
- usage: "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea, "a stiff drink"
- Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with.
- usage: "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
- synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable
- Of good quality and condition; solidly built.
- usage: "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
- synonyms: solid, substantial
- Of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection.
- usage: "`sing' is a strong verb"
- Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content.
- usage: "hard liquor"
- synonyms: hard
- Freshly made or left.
- usage: "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
- synonyms: warm
- Strong and sure.
- usage: "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
- synonyms: firm
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