Definition of: strong

(strông, strong) adjective
1. Physically or bodily powerful; muscular; vigorous.
2. Healthy; robust: a strong constitution.
3. Morally powerful; firm; resolute; courageous.
4. Mentally powerful or vigorous.
5. Especially competent or able (in a certain subject or field): strong in mathematics.
6. Abundantly or richly supplied (with something): strong in trumps; strong in literary interest.
7. Solidly made or constituted; not easily destroyed, injured, or strained: strong walls, paper, etc.
8. Powerful as a rival or combatant: a strong team, army, etc.
9. Easy to defend; difficult to capture: a strong hill position.
10. In numerical force: an army 20,000 strong.
11. Well able to exert influence, authority, etc.: a strong government.
12. Financially sound: a strong bank.
13. Powerful in effect: strong poison, medicine, etc.
14. Concentrated; not diluted or weak: strong coffee.
15. Containing much alcohol: a strong drink.
16. Powerful in flavor or odor; also, rank; unpleasant: a strong breath.
17. Intense in degree or quality; not mild: a strong pulse; strong light, heat, etc.
18. Loud and firm: a strong voice.
19. Firm; tenacious: a strong grip; a strong opinion.
20. Deeply earnest; fervid: a strong desire.
21. Cogent; convincing: strong evidence.
22. Distinct; marked; definite: a strong resemblance.
23. Extreme; high–handed: strong measures.
24. Emphatic; not moderate: strong language.
25. Moving with great force: said of a wind, stream, or tide; specifically, Meteorol., designating a breeze (No. 6) or a gale (No. 9) on the Beaufort scale.
26. Characterized by steady or rising prices: a strong market.
27. Phonet. Stressed; accented, as a syllable.
28. Gram. In Germanic languages: a Of verbs, indicating changes in tense by means of ablaut vowel alteration in the stem, rather than by the addition of inflectional endings; as, English drink, drank, drunk; write, wrote, written; German singen, sang, gesungen: also called irregular. b Of nouns and adjectives (in German and Old English), showing distinctive declensional endings for case, number, and gender. For example, in German, a descriptive adjective is used in the strong form when not preceded by a limiting word (guter Mann) or when preceded by one having no distinctive case and gender inflection (mein guter Mann). Compare WEAK (def. 12).
—adverb Strongly: usually employed in combination: strong-talking. Many self-explaining compound adjectives have strong as the first element: strong-armed, strong-smelling, etc. [OE]
—strong′ly adverb Synonyms (adj.): cohesive, compact, hardy, robust, sinewy, stalwart, stout, stubborn, sturdy, tenacious, vigorous, See FIRM, HEALTHY.