Strong man's not ’ard (4)
I believe the answer is:
rich
'strong' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'man's not 'ard' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'ric' and 'ric' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rich that I've seen before include "Outrageous" , "Wealthy - luxurious - fruitful" , "Abundant" , "Full-flavoured" , "Well to do" .)