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strong-arm has 9 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
handle roughly
“He was strong-armed by the policemen”
be bossy towards
“Her big brother always bullied her when she was young”
use physical force against
“They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for strong-arm come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.