Synonyms of the word strongarm


STRONG-ARMBALLYRAG - BEAT - BROWBEAT - BULLY - BULLYRAG - FORCEFUL - FORCIBLE - HANDLE - HECTOR - INTIMIDATE - PHYSICAL - TREAT

strong-arm

  • adj. Bullying; extortionate.
  • adj. (usually figuratively) Coercive, employing force.
  • v. To bully; to intimidate.
  • v. (often figuratively) To coerce, to muscle.

ballyrag

  • v. (transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.

beat

  • n. A stroke; a blow.
  • n. A pulsation or throb.
  • n. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is…
  • n. A rhythm.
  • n. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
  • n. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
  • n. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
  • n. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially.
  • n. (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
  • n. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
  • n. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
  • n. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
  • n. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
  • n. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those…
  • n. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
  • v. (transitive) To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.
  • v. (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
  • v. (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
  • v. (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  • v. (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a…
  • v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
  • v. (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc…
  • v. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
  • v. (transitive, Britain, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price.
  • v. (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
  • v. To tread, as a path.
  • v. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
  • v. To be in agitation or doubt.
  • v. To make a sound when struck.
  • v. (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
  • v. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating…
  • v. (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
  • adj. (US slang) exhausted.
  • adj. dilapidated, beat up.
  • adj. (gay slang) fabulous.
  • adj. (slang) boring.
  • adj. (slang, of a person) ugly.
  • n. A beatnik.

browbeat

  • v. (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

bully

  • n. A person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power.
  • n. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an…
  • n. A hired thug.
  • n. A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.
  • n. (uncountable) Bully beef.
  • n. (obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
  • n. The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
  • n. A small freshwater fish.
  • n. (obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade.
  • n. (dialectal) A companion; mate. (male or female).
  • n. (obsolete) darling, sweetheart. (male or female).
  • v. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
  • v. (transitive) To act aggressively towards.
  • adj. (US, slang) Very good; excellent.
  • adj. (slang) Jovial and blustering; dashing.
  • interj. (often followed by for) Well done!

bullyrag

  • v. (transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.

forceful

  • adj. With assertive force; powerful.

forcible

  • adj. Done by force, forced.
  • adj. (rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful.
  • adj. Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.
  • adj. Able to be forced.

handle

  • n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
  • n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
  • n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more…
  • n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience,…
  • n. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
  • n. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and…
  • n. (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.).
  • n. (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
  • n. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional…
  • n. (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components…
  • v. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
  • v. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
  • v. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
  • v. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
  • v. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
  • v. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
  • v. (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
  • v. (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
  • v. (intransitive) To use the hands.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

hector

  • n. A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow.
  • v. (transitive) To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave like a bully; swagger.

intimidate

  • v. (transitive) To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, especially by threats…

physical

  • adj. Having to do with the body.
  • adj. Having to do with the material world.
  • adj. Involving bodily force.
  • adj. Having to do with physics.
  • adj. (computing) Not virtual; directly corresponding to hardware operation.
  • adj. (obsolete) Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.
  • n. Physical examination.

treat

  • v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
  • v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
  • v. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
  • v. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
  • v. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to;…
  • v. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
  • v. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in…
  • v. To provide something special and pleasant.
  • n. An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
  • n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
  • n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
  • n. (obsolete) An entreaty.

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