Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Strength (Degree of power)

Nouns
  • strength
  • power etc. Power
  • energy etc. Physical Energy
  • vigor, force
  • main force, physical force, brute force
  • spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity. stoutness etc. adj.
  • lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique
  • pith, pithiness
  • virtility, vitality. athletics, athleticism
  • gymnastics, feats of strength. adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak
  • iron grip
  • grit, bone. athlete, gymnast, acrobat
  • superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath
  • tower of strength
  • giant refreshed. strengthening etc. v.
  • invigoration, refreshment, refocillation. [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
Verbs
  • be strong etc. adj., be stronger
  • overmatch. render strong etc. adj.
  • give strength etc. n.
  • strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird
  • screw up, wind up, set up
  • gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins
  • recruit, set on one's legs
  • vivify
  • refresh etc. Refreshment
  • refect
  • reinforce, reenforce etc. (restore) Restoration.
Adjectives
  • strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid. resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable
  • incontestable
  • more than a match for
  • overpowering, overwhelming
  • all powerful, all sufficient
  • sovereign. able-bodied
  • athletic
  • Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean
  • muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic. manly, man-like, manful
  • masculine, male, virile. unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted
  • in full force, in full swing
  • in the plenitude of power. stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted
  • strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy
  • sound as a roach
  • in fine feather, in high feather
  • built like a brick shithouse
  • like a giant refreshed.
Adverbs
  • strongly etc. adj.
  • by force etc. n.
  • by main force etc. (by compulsion) Compulsion.
Phrases
  • our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet]. Blut und Eisen [G.]
  • ex vi termini
  • he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill" [Burke]
  • inflexible in faith invincible in arms" [Beattie].