STRENGTH Synonyms

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

• high level or degree; the property of being intense

• the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

• chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• the inherent capacity for coming into being

• the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse

• possessing muscular strength

• the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

• (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

• forceful exertion

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• any source of usable power

• physical strength

• one of the contractile organs of the body

• animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

• a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

• authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

• possessing muscular strength

• make one's way by force

• possession of controlling influence

• (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

• possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• physical strength

• a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

• energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

• supply the force or power for the functioning of

• the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit

• an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

• the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

• the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge

• the state of being vigorous and robust

• the property of something that is strongly built

• resoluteness evidenced by strength of character

• enduring strength and energy

• the property of being big and strong

• the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

• impressive difficulty

• forceful exertion

• active strength of body or mind

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

• physical energy or intensity

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly

• an asset of special worth or utility

• a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly

• the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible

• used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly

• permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force

• an asset of special worth or utility

• an occupation for which you are especially well suited