strong suit

noun

1

: something in which one excels : forte

… details of legislation have never been my strong suit …

—Tip O'Neill

2

: a long suit containing high cards

Synonyms of strong suit

• specialty
• speciality
• thing
• domain

Examples of strong suit in a Sentence

languages are definitely the diplomat's strong suit

Recent Examples on the Web

Isom said the airline’s network breadth is a major strong suit and will continue to be. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026

Calculating your life path number is easy, even if math isn’t your strong suit. — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 16 July 2026

American history is not my strong suit. — Peter White, Deadline, 26 June 2026

Hafele scored at a decent clip in the USHL this season, although scoring and creativity don’t project as his strong suit at higher levels. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1742, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for strong suit

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• breadfruit
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute