Possessing, exerting, or imparting force or energy, physical or moral, in a general sense; powerful; forcible; effective; capable; able to do or to suffer.Having vital force or capability; able to act effectively; endued with physical vigor; used absolutely, physically powerful; robust; muscular: as, a strong body; a strong hand or arm.Having means for exerting or resisting force; provided with adequate instrumentalities; powerful in resources or in constituent parts: as, a strong king or kingdom; a strong army; a strong corporation or mercantile house.Having or consisting of a large number, absolutely or relatively; numerically forcible or well provided: usually implying also some special element of strength in some or all of the units composing the number: as, a strong detachment of troops; a strong political party.Of specified numerical force; having so many constituent members: applied to armies, and sometimes to other bodies of men, or to animals.Exerting or capable of characteristic force; powerful in the kind or mode of action implied; specifically, forceful or efficient: as, a strong painter or actor; a strong voice; strong eyes.Vigorous in exercise or operation; acting in a firm or determined manner; not feeble or vacillating: used of the mind or any of its faculties: as, a strong-minded person; a strong intellect, memory, judgment, etc.Possessing moral or mental force; firm in character, knowledge, conviction, influence, or the like; not easily turned, resisted, or refuted: as, a strong candidate; a strong reasoner.Marked by force or vigor of performance; done, executed, produced, or uttered energetically; effected by earnest action or effort; strenuous; stressful; urgent.Marked by force of action or movement; vigorously impelled or sent forth; impetuous; violent; vehement: as, a strong wind; strong tides; strong breathing.Firm in substance or texture; capable of resisting physical force; not weak; not easily broken, rent, or destroyed: said of material things.Solid.Firmly fixed or constituted; having inherent force or validity; hard to affect or overcome; sound; stable; settled: as, a strong constitution or organization (of body, mind, government, etc.); strong arguments, reasons, or evidence; to take a strong hold, or get a strong advantage; a strong project.Vigorous or extreme in kind; specifically, distinct or exceptional; bold; striking; effective; forceful; conspicuous: as, strong invectives; a strong attraction.Intense or thorough in quality; having a high degree of the proper specific character; not mild, weak, dull, insipid, or ineffective: as, strong drink; strong tea; a strong infusion; strong lights and shadows; a strong color.Intense or intensified in degree; existing in great amount or force; forcibly impressive to feeling or sensation: used of either active or passive qualities: as, strong love or devotion; a strong flavor or scent.Forcibly offensive in quality; repellent to sense or sensation; ill-tasting or ill-smelling; rank; rancid; tainted.In com., specifically, firm; favorable to gain; steadily good or advancing; active; profitable: as, a strong market; strong prices; to do a strong business.In grammar, inflected— as a verb, by a change of the radical vowel instead of by regular syllabic addition: opposed to weak: thus, find (found), speak (spake or spoke, spoken), strike (struck, stricken), and swim (swam, swum) are strong verbsas a noun or an adjective, with fuller retention of older case-distinctions: thus, German Buch is called of strong declension, and Held of weak.In photography, same as dense, 3.Aqua fortis, or some other strong biting acid.Synonyms Sturdy, Stout, etc. (see robust); hardy, sinewy.Potent.Tenacious, tough.Impregnable.Vivid.Pungent, sharp.Strongly; very; exceedingly.An obsolete past participle of string.Tenacious, so that the particles when compressed separate with difficulty: used of molding-sand containing a large proportion of alumina or clay.