physical strength

Raw bodily might

Physical strength is the body's capacity to exert force—to lift, push, pull, or carry.

It develops through exercise and diminishes with age or disuse.

She had the physical strength to move the furniture herself.

The phrase often contrasts with mental or emotional capacities: The job requires physical strength, but also patience.

Related

brute force · vigor · force · iron · iron will · grip · lifting · weight lifting · bench press · sinew · bulk · endurance · raw · might · athletic · sweat · exertion · strain

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Opposites
muscular power

physical strengthweakness

Deficiency in force

feebleness · frailty · debility · infirmity · powerlessness

physical vs. non-physical capacity

physical strengthpsychological resilience

Capacity to recover from hardship

spiritual strength · willpower · mental acuity · brainpower · cognitive ability

robustness vs. vulnerability

physical strengthfragility

Ease of breaking

delicacy · vulnerability · brittleness · frailness · sickliness

Family

physical, physically, physicality, physic, physics, physician, physique, strength, strengthen

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G