strongmannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstrɒŋ.mæn/us/ˈstrɑːŋ.mæn/plural -men uk/-men/usa man who is employed or famous for his great physical strength:
If she talks to the police, Joey's strongmen will be paying her a visit.
literary a person who is very powerful and able to cause change, especially of a political type:
Haitian strongman Duvalier could feel his power slipping away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Powerful people & dictators
- a heavy hitter idiom
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- despot
- dictator
- dictatorial
- establishment
- figurehead
- grey eminence
- heavy
- plutocrat
- potentate
- power broker
- puissance
- puissant
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise
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