strong

strong
adj.
VERBS
be, feel, look
become, get, grow
remain, stay
prove
stand

We must stand strong in the face of adversity.

finish

The men's golf team finished strong on Saturday.

make sb

All that outdoor work has made him very strong.

keep sth

This news helped keep the dollar relatively strong today.

smell, taste
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

He exerts an extremely strong influence on his classmates.

exceptionally, immensely, incredibly
surprisingly

Sales were surprisingly strong in the second half of the year.

enough

Don't try to go back to work before you are physically strong enough.

The party lacks a strong enough local base.

physically
PHRASES
be still going strong

The business is still going strong.

Strong is used with these nouns: ↑accent, ↑acid, ↑action, ↑advocate, ↑affection, ↑affinity, ↑alcohol, ↑ale, ↑allegiance, ↑alliance, ↑ally, ↑antagonism, ↑antipathy, ↑appeal, ↑argument, ↑arm, ↑aroma, ↑assertion, ↑association, ↑attachment, ↑attraction, ↑aversion, ↑awareness, ↑back, ↑background, ↑backing, ↑bag, ↑balance sheet, ↑base, ↑beer, ↑belief, ↑believer, ↑bias, ↑bid, ↑bond, ↑bone, ↑brandy, ↑breeze, ↑build, ↑campaign, ↑candidate, ↑case, ↑cast, ↑challenge, ↑challenger, ↑chance, ↑character, ↑cheese, ↑chest, ↑chin, ↑cider, ↑claim, ↑claw, ↑coalition, ↑coffee, ↑colour, ↑comeback, ↑commitment, ↑competition, ↑competitor, ↑condemnation, ↑confidence, ↑connection, ↑connotation, ↑consensus, ↑constitution, ↑contender, ↑contingent, ↑contrast, ↑contribution, ↑conviction, ↑cord, ↑core, ↑correlation, ↑counter-attack, ↑craving, ↑credentials, ↑criticism, ↑critique, ↑cup, ↑currency, ↑current, ↑defence, ↑demand, ↑denial, ↑denunciation, ↑desire, ↑determination, ↑disagreement, ↑disapproval, ↑dislike, ↑dissent, ↑distaste, ↑distinction, ↑dose, ↑drink, ↑drive, ↑drug, ↑earnings, ↑earthquake, ↑echo, ↑economy, ↑effect, ↑ego, ↑electric shock, ↑embrace, ↑emotion, ↑emphasis, ↑encouragement, ↑endorsement, ↑enforcement, ↑evidence, ↑executive, ↑faith, ↑favourite, ↑feeling, ↑fibre, ↑field, ↑fight, ↑finish, ↑flavour, ↑flour, ↑focus, ↑following, ↑foothold, ↑footing, ↑force, ↑fortress, ↑foundation, ↑friendship, ↑front, ↑fundamentals, ↑gain, ↑gale, ↑government, ↑grasp, ↑gravity, ↑grip, ↑ground, ↑growth, ↑gust, ↑hand, ↑heart, ↑hint, ↑hold, ↑hunch, ↑idea, ↑identity, ↑ideology, ↑illumination, ↑imagination, ↑immunity, ↑impact, ↑impetus, ↑implication, ↑impression, ↑impulse, ↑incentive, ↑inclination, ↑indication, ↑influence, ↑instinct, ↑interaction, ↑interest, ↑jaw, ↑language, ↑lead, ↑leader, ↑leadership, ↑leg, ↑lens, ↑letter, ↑light, ↑lighting, ↑likelihood, ↑likeness, ↑liking, ↑limb, ↑line, ↑link, ↑liquor, ↑lobby, ↑loyalty, ↑lure, ↑magnet, ↑majority, ↑male, ↑mandate, ↑market, ↑measure, ↑medicine, ↑melody, ↑memory, ↑message, ↑military, ↑monarchy, ↑moral, ↑motivation, ↑motive, ↑mouth, ↑move, ↑muscle, ↑nail, ↑nation, ↑navy, ↑neck, ↑need, ↑network, ↑nose, ↑objection, ↑odour, ↑opinion, ↑opponent, ↑opposition, ↑overtone, ↑parallel, ↑partnership, ↑passion, ↑performance, ↑perfume, ↑personality, ↑physique, ↑pitch, ↑plastic, ↑player, ↑plea, ↑point, ↑poison, ↑position, ↑possibility, ↑precedent, ↑preference, ↑prejudice, ↑presence, ↑pressure, ↑presumption, ↑prime minister, ↑probability, ↑profile, ↑profit, ↑protest, ↑pull, ↑pulse, ↑push, ↑reaction, ↑reason, ↑rebuke, ↑reception, ↑recommendation, ↑record, ↑recovery, ↑relationship, ↑reliance, ↑reminder, ↑representation, ↑reputation, ↑resemblance, ↑reservation, ↑resistance, ↑resolution, ↑response, ↑restriction, ↑rhythm, ↑rise, ↑root, ↑rope, ↑ruler, ↑rumour, ↑sale, ↑scent, ↑sedative, ↑sensation, ↑sense, ↑sentiment, ↑shade, ↑shadow, ↑shoe, ↑shoulder, ↑showing, ↑side, ↑signal, ↑similarity, ↑smell, ↑socialist, ↑solution, ↑son, ↑squad, ↑stance, ↑stand, ↑start, ↑state, ↑statement, ↑stem, ↑stench, ↑stimulus, ↑stomach, ↑streak, ↑stress, ↑stroke, ↑suggestion, ↑sun, ↑sunlight, ↑support, ↑supporter, ↑suspicion, ↑swimmer, ↑syllable, ↑sympathy, ↑tackle, ↑taste, ↑tea, ↑team, ↑temptation, ↑tendency, ↑term, ↑thigh, ↑thread, ↑tide, ↑tie, ↑tobacco, ↑tooth, ↑tradition, ↑trend, ↑turnout, ↑union, ↑urge, ↑view, ↑voice, ↑warning, ↑whiff, ↑will, ↑willpower, ↑wind, ↑wine, ↑wish, ↑woman, ↑word

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