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Synonyms for power
ˈpaʊ ərpow·er
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Wiktionary
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To hit or kick something forcefully.
He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.
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After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.
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We need a microscope with higher power.
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
power
Power is the most general term of this group, including every quality, property, or faculty by which any change, effect, or result is, or may be, produced; as, the power of the legislature to enact laws, or of the executive to enforce them; the power of an acid to corrode a metal; the power of a polished surface to reflect light. Ability is nearly coextensive with power, but does not reach the positiveness and vigor that may be included in the meaning of power, ability often implying latent, as distinguished from active power; we speak of an exertion of power, but not of an exertion of ability. Power and ability include capacity, which is power to receive; but ability is often distinguished from capacity, as power that may be manifested in doing, as capacity is in receiving; one may have great capacity for acquiring knowledge, and yet not possess ability to teach. Efficiency is active power to effect a definite result, the power that actually does, as distinguished from that which may do. Competency is equal to the occasion, readiness prompt for the occasion. Faculty is an inherent quality of mind or body; talent, some special mental ability. Dexterity and skill are readiness and facility in action, having a special end; talent is innate, dexterity and skill are largely acquired. Our abilities include our natural capacity, faculties, and talents, with all the dexterity, skill, and readiness that can be acquired. Efficacy is the power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it; as, the efficacy of a drug. Efficiency is effectual agency, competent power; efficiency is applied in mechanics as denoting the ratio of the effect produced to the power expended in producing it; but this word is chiefly used of intelligent agents as denoting the quality that brings all one's power to bear promptly and to the best purpose on the thing to be done. Compare ADDRESS; DEXTERITY; SKILFUL.
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ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talentAntonyms:
awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
power
Synonyms:
faculty, capacity, capability, potentiality, ability, strength, force, might, energy, susceptibility, influence, dominion, sway, command, government, agency, authority, rule, jurisdiction, effectivenessAntonyms:
incapacity, incapability, impotence, inability, weakness, imbecility, inertness, insusceptibility, subjection, power lessness, obedience, subservience, ineffectiveness
Princeton's WordNet
power, powerfulnessnoun
possession of controlling influence
"the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
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world power, ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, might, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, superpower, mogul, office, kingAntonyms:
impotency, impotence, powerlessnesspowernoun
(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
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world power, ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, might, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, superpower, mogul, office, kingAntonyms:
impotency, impotence, powerlessnessability, powernoun
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
"danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
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ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, might, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, world power, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, superpower, mogul, office, kingAntonyms:
powerlessness, impotency, impotenceoffice, powernoun
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
"being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
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big businessman, billet, berth, superpower, place, spot, mogul, bureau, role, office staff, function, post, ability, might, powerfulness, world power, exponent, top executive, part, authority, great power, position, major power, government agency, tycoon, agency, index, business office, magnate, business leader, force, situation, office, mightiness, federal agency, baron, kingAntonyms:
impotence, impotency, powerlessnesspower, forcenoun
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
"the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
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world power, ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, might, military group, tycoon, force, military force, force play, strength, magnate, top executive, violence, effect, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, superpower, force out, mogul, office, force-out, personnel, forcefulness, military unit, kingAntonyms:
impotence, powerlessness, impotencyexponent, power, indexnoun
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
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indicant, exponent, advocator, ability, great power, might, tycoon, force, index number, index finger, magnate, top executive, world power, big businessman, proponent, powerfulness, mightiness, advocate, superpower, indicator, major power, mogul, office, index, baron, forefinger, king, business leaderAntonyms:
powerlessness, impotency, impotencemight, mightiness, powernoun
physical strength
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ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, might, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, world power, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, superpower, mogul, office, kingAntonyms:
powerlessness, impotency, impotenceworld power, major power, great power, power, superpowernoun
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
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exponent, index, ability, superpower, might, tycoon, force, great power, top executive, world power, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, major power, magnate, office, mogul, kingAntonyms:
impotence, impotency, powerlessnessbaron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoonverb
a very wealthy or powerful businessman
"an oil baron"
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exponent, index, ability, great power, might, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, world power, superpower, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, male monarch, baron, big businessman, major power, mogul, office, world-beater, kingAntonyms:
impotency, impotence, powerlessnesspowerverb
supply the force or power for the functioning of
"The gasoline powers the engines"
Antonyms:
impotency, powerlessness, impotence
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
powernoun
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ableness, efficacy, ability, efficiency, cogency, competency, might, capability, force, energy, strengthpowernoun
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authority, authoritativeness, rule, prerogative, sovereignty, sway, control, domination, dominion, influence, commandpowernoun
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[Low.] good deal, great quantity
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
powernoun
Synonyms:
potency, might, cogency, efficacy, force, armipotence, omnipotence, influence, sway, command, domination, authority, faculty, endowment, gift
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "power":
energy, authority, electricity, powers, electrical, electric, strength, force, potency, feeding, wattage, horsepower, faculty, competence, feed, food, ignition, alimentación, capacity, omc, pouvoir, ability, poder, puissance, feeder, forces, branch, power-on, credentials, jurisdiction
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How to use power in a sentence?
Any attack on nuclear power plants is a suicidal thing, i hope that these attacks will end.
I want to be able to say, ‘We did everything within our power to hold Norfolk Southern accountable, that we made major strides in the level of rail safety and anything that the people of East Palestine came to us and needed, we addressed,’ all of those require being in it for the long haul.
It would be nice if he decided, once we are in power, to sell his Incauca farm to the government so we can give it to peasant farmers.
Some informants spied on their neighbors because they actually believed the propaganda… Some denounced their enemies in order to settle personal grudges. Some were driven by their own fears to attempt to deflect attention away from themselves…Some were motivated by the sense of power turning in their neighbors gave them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
We want to remind the great powers that there are no minor incursions and small nations, just as there are no minor casualties and little grief from the loss of loved ones. I say this as the President of a great power.
Translations for power
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- قوةArabic
- NapájeníCzech
- strømDanish
- PowerGerman
- δύναμηGreek
- potencoEsperanto
- poderSpanish
- قدرتPersian
- tehoFinnish
- PuissanceFrench
- cumhachtIrish
- teljesítményHungarian
- ուժArmenian
- kekuasaanIndonesian
- energiaItalian
- כּוֹחַHebrew
- パワーJapanese
- 힘Korean
- potestasLatin
- machtDutch
- maktNorwegian
- mocPolish
- poderPortuguese
- putereRomanian
- мощностьRussian
- kraftSwedish
- சக்திTamil
- อำนาจThai
- güçTurkish
- потуUkrainian
- طاقتUrdu
- quyền lựcVietnamese
- קראַפטYiddish
- 功率Chinese
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