rength, n. force, vigor, power, might, hardihood, potency,
puissance, stamina; tenacity, toughness, durability; impregnability,
invincibility; security, validity, conclusiveness, cogency, efficacy;
support, stay; intensity, vividness; virility; vehemence, violence, force,
impetuosity; fortitude; robustness, lustiness, stoutness, brawniness,
muscularity, thew, sturdiness. Antonyms: debility, delicacy, fragility,
weakness, impotency, frailty, infirmity.

strengthen, v. invigorate, brace, nerve, steel, fortify, harden;
intensify, heighten; confirm, corroborate, sustain.

strengthening, a. invigorating, roborant, tonic, fortifying.

strenuous, a. zealous, ardent, valiant, intrepid, vigorous, active,
energetic.

strenuousness, n. zeal, ardor, intrepidity, earnestness, strenuosity,
activity, energy.

stress, n. urgency, pressure; emphasis, accent; severity, inclemency;
significance, importance.

stretch, v. extend, elongate, lengthen, spread; overstate,
exaggerate; distend.

stretcher, n. litter.

stretching, n. tension, distension, extension, porrection,
pandiculation, intension.

strict, a. rigorous, stringent, exacting, rigid. Antonyms: lax,
remiss, indulgent.

stricture, n. animadversion, criticism; contraction.

strife, n. conflict, struggle, contention, emulation, competition,
battle.

strike, v. hit, smite, buffet, knock, beat, thump, whack, cuff, slap;
deal, inflict; impress, affect.

striking, a. impressive, noticeable, astonishing, surprising,
forcible.

string, n. cord, line, twine, warp; fillet, ribbon; series, chain,
concatenation, row; chord; leash, learn; thong. Associated Words:
polychord, monochord.

stringent, a. binding, restrictive, rigid, severe, rigorous, exact.

stringer, n. sleeper, tie; joist.

stringy, a. fibrous, filamentous; ropy, viscid, tenacious, viscous.

strip, n. shred, fillet, batten, cleat, list.

strip, v. deprive, divest, dispossess, dismantle; plunder, desolate,
devastate, pillage, sack, fleece, rifle, despoil; undress, disrobe,
denude, uncover.

stripe, n. streak, band, wale, wheal, whelk, ridge, striation, stria.

stripe, n. (Colloq.) sort, likeness, color, kind.

striped, a. streaked, striate, striated.

stripping, n. deprivation, divestiture, divestment, dispossession,
dismantling; plunder, desolation, devastation, depredation, despoliation,
fleecing, sacking, rapine; denudation, undressing, denuding, disrobing.

strive, v. struggle, try, endeavor, co