| strength | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. strength | the property of being physically or mentally strong.; "fatigue sapped his strength" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ good part | a place of especial strength. |
| ~ brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew, muscle | possessing muscular strength. |
| ~ might, mightiness, power | physical strength. |
| ~ heartiness, dynamism, vigor, vigour | active strength of body or mind. |
| ~ hardiness, lustiness, robustness, validity | the property of being strong and healthy in constitution. |
| ~ huskiness, ruggedness, toughness | the property of being big and strong. |
| ~ stalwartness, stoutness | the property of being strong and resolute. |
| ~ sturdiness | the property of something that is strongly built. |
| ~ firmness, soundness | the muscle tone of healthy tissue.; "his muscular firmness" |
| ~ indomitability, invincibility | the property being difficult or impossible to defeat. |
| ~ endurance | the power to withstand hardship or stress.; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" |
| ~ invulnerability | the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally). |
| n. (attribute) | 2. military capability, military posture, military strength, posture, strength | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war.; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" |
| ~ sea power | naval strength. |
| ~ capability, capableness | the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.; "he worked to the limits of his capability" |
| ~ firepower | (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. force, forcefulness, strength | physical energy or intensity.; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" |
| ~ brunt | main force of a blow etc.; "bore the brunt of the attack" |
| ~ momentum, impulse | an impelling force or strength.; "the car's momentum carried it off the road" |
| ~ vigor, vigour, energy, zip | forceful exertion.; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip" |
| ~ intensiveness, intensity | high level or degree; the property of being intense. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. forte, long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit | an asset of special worth or utility.; "cooking is his forte" |
| ~ asset, plus | a useful or valuable quality. |
| ~ green fingers, green thumb | a special ability to make plants grow. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. persuasiveness, strength | the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty.; "the strength of his argument settled the matter" |
| ~ power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence.; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" |
| ~ convincingness | the power of argument or evidence to cause belief. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. intensity, intensity level, strength | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation).; "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength" |
| ~ radio brightness | the strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope. |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| ~ threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible. |
| ~ field intensity, field strength | the vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field. |
| ~ candlepower, light intensity | luminous intensity measured in candelas. |
| ~ acoustic power, sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound. |
| ~ half-intensity | half the maximum intensity. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. effectiveness, potency, strength | capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" |
| ~ power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence.; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" |
| n. (state) | 8. strength | the condition of financial success.; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks" |
| ~ successfulness, prosperity | the condition of prospering; having good fortune. |
| n. (attribute) | 9. durability, enduringness, lastingness, strength | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.; "they advertised the durability of their products" |
| ~ tensile strength | the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart. |
| ~ indestructibility | the strength to resist destruction. |
| ~ permanence, permanency | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration. |
| ~ persistence, continuity | the property of a continuous and connected period of time. |
| ~ changelessness | the property of remaining unchanged. |
| ~ everlastingness | the property of lasting forever. |
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