Dictionary entry details
• STRENGTH (noun)
Meaning:
The property of being physically or mentally strong
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
fatigue sapped his strength
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Attribute:
delicate (exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury)
rugged (sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring)
strong (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
weak (having little physical or spiritual strength)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
good part (a place of especial strength)
invulnerability (the property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally))
endurance (the power to withstand hardship or stress)
indomitability; invincibility (the property being difficult or impossible to defeat)
firmness; soundness (the muscle tone of healthy tissue)
sturdiness (the property of something that is strongly built)
stalwartness; stoutness (the property of being strong and resolute)
huskiness; ruggedness; toughness (the property of being big and strong)
hardiness; lustiness; robustness (the property of being strong and healthy in constitution)
dynamism; heartiness; vigor; vigour (active strength of body or mind)
might; mightiness; power (physical strength)
brawn; brawniness; heftiness; muscle; muscularity; sinew (possessing muscular strength)
Antonym:
weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)
Meaning:
Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
military strength; military posture; military capability; strength; posture
Context examples:
we faced an army of great strength / politicians have neglected our military posture
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
capability; capableness (the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
sea power (naval strength)
firepower ((military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target)
Meaning:
Physical energy or intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
forcefulness; strength; force
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
intensity; intensiveness (high level or degree; the property of being intense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
energy; vigor; vigour; zip (forceful exertion)
impulse; momentum (an impelling force or strength)
brunt (main force of a blow etc)
Meaning:
An asset of special worth or utility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
forte; metier; speciality; specialty; strong point; strong suit; long suit; strength
Context example:
cooking is his forte
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
asset; plus (a useful or valuable quality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
green fingers; green thumb (a special ability to make plants grow)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
persuasiveness; strength
Context example:
the strength of his argument settled the matter
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
convincingness (the power of argument or evidence to cause belief)
Meaning:
The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
intensity; intensity level; strength
Context examples:
he adjusted the intensity of the sound / they measured the station's signal strength
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
half-intensity (half the maximum intensity)
acoustic power; sound pressure level (the physical intensity of sound)
candlepower; light intensity (luminous intensity measured in candelas)
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)
threshold level (the intensity level that is just barely perceptible)
radio brightness (the strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope)
Meaning:
Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
potency; effectiveness; strength
Context examples:
the toxin's potency / the strength of the drinks
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Attribute:
potent; stiff; strong (having a strong physiological or chemical effect)
impotent (lacking power or ability)
Meaning:
The condition of financial success
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
prosperity; successfulness (the condition of prospering; having good fortune)
Antonym:
weakness (the condition of being financially weak)
Meaning:
Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
durability; enduringness; lastingness; strength
Context example:
they advertised the durability of their products
Hypernyms ("strength" is a kind of...):
permanence; permanency (the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strength"):
everlastingness (the property of lasting forever)
changelessness (the property of remaining unchanged)
continuity; persistence (the property of a continuous and connected period of time)
indestructibility (the strength to resist destruction)
tensile strength (the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart)
