strength

Meanings

Plural: strengths

Noun

• the property of being physically or mentally strong
  • "fatigue sapped his strength"
• capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
  • "we faced an army of great strength"
• physical energy or intensity
  • "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"
• an asset of special worth or utility
• 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"
• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
  • "they measured the station's signal strength"
• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
  • "the strength of the drinks"
• the condition of financial success
  • "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
• permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
• The quality or degree of being strong.
• The intensity of a force or power; potency.
• The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
• A positive attribute.
• An armed force, a body of troops.
• A strong place; a stronghold.
• The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.

Verb

• To strengthen (all senses).

Synonyms

ability, anneal, asset, brace, build up, capability, confirm, durability, effectiveness, enduringness, enstrengthen, expertise, force, forcefulness, forte, fortify, fortitude, harden, indurate, intend, intensity, intensity level, invigorate, lastingness, long suit, main, metier, military capability, military posture, military strength, munite, nerve, persuasiveness, posture, potency, power, reinforce, roborate, speciality, specialty, steel, strength, strengthen, strong point, strong suit, thicken

Antonyms

unpersuasiveness, weak point, weakness

Related Words

strong, strongly