Power

Noun

 * 1)  capability or influence.
 * An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
 * Thwackum, on the contrary, maintained that the human mind, since the fall, was nothing but a sink of iniquity, till purified and redeemed by grace. ... The favourite phrase of the former, was the natural beauty of virtue; that of the latter, was the divine power of grace.
 * 1998, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
 * Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present.
 * 1)  physical force or strength.
 * He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.
 * 1) control, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction)
 * 2005, Columbia Law Review, April
 * In the face of expanding federal power, California in particular struggled to maintain control over its Chinese population.
 * 1)  electricity or a supply of electricity.
 * After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.
 * 1)  A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
 * 2)  A rate to magnify an optical image by a lens or mirror.
 * We need a microscope with higher power.
 * 1)  In Christian angelology, the fourth level of angels, ranked above archangels and below principalities
 * 2)  A product of equal factors. Notation and usage: xn, read as "x to the power of n" or "x to the nth power", denotes x &times; x &times; ... &times; x, in which x appears n times, where n is called the exponent; the definition is extended to non-integer and complex exponents.
 * 3)  Cardinality.
 * 4)  The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
 * 1)  Cardinality.
 * 2)  The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.

Synonyms

 * energy
 * force
 * main
 * might
 * muscle
 * potency
 * sinew
 * strength
 * vigor


 * aptitude
 * capability
 * capacity
 * competence
 * competency
 * authority
 * command
 * control
 * dominion


 * grip
 * hold
 * mastery
 * influence
 * pull
 * weight
 * arm
 * sway
 * clout


 * See also Thesaurus:power

Antonyms

 * impotence
 * weakness

Derived terms

 * absolute power
 * Black Power
 * candlepower
 * empower
 * flower power
 * horsepower
 * in power
 * institutional power
 * moral power
 * nuclear power
 * optical power


 * personal power
 * political power
 * poor power
 * power of attorney
 * power base
 * power behind the throne
 * power broker
 * power cut
 * power-egg
 * power forward


 * powerful
 * powerless
 * powerlike
 * power play, powerplay
 * power set
 * powers that be
 * power struggle
 * power trip, power-trip, powertrip
 * social power
 * solar power
 * superpower
 * white power
 * wind power

Related terms

 * possible
 * potent

Verb

 * 1)  To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
 * This CD player is powered by batteries.
 * 1)  To hit or kick something forcefully.

Derived terms

 * power down
 * power up
 * empower

Adjectives for Power
abiding; abrogating; abrupt; absent; absolute; absorbing; abundant; active; advancing; adverse; afflicted; all-consuming; allegorizing; all-embracing; allied; all-inhering; amazing; ample; alternative; amorous analytic; ancestral; ancient; antipathetic apostolic; appalling; appointing; arbitrary archangelic; architectural; argumentative assertive; assumed; autocratic; belligerent autonomous; balanced; beneficent; bestial blessed; blighted; boasted; braking; boundless; brilliant; budding; buying; capricious; catapulting; celestial; centralizing; chameleon-like; coercive; chemic; civil; clairvoyant; cloven; coming; clerical; colossal; colonizing; comic; commanding; communicative; complete; compelling; composing; compulsive; concentrated; concocted; confederated; confident; confirming; conscious; considerable; consequent; consistent; constitutional; constructive; contending; contingent; contracting; corporate; cosmic; conversational; cosmetic; creative; critical; crowned; curative; curious; deepening; dangerous; defensive; delegated; deliberative; delicate; delightful; denuding; departed; desolate; despotic; destructive; developed; dictatorial; discretional; discerning; disorderly; disturbing; divine; dominant; dormant; driving; dramatic; dulled; dynamic; earning; earth-prisoned; ecclesiastical;  educational; effulgent; elastic; elemental; emotional; enchanted; enhanced; energizing; enlarged; enormous; exceeding; erosive; ever-dreaded; evident; exalted; exceptional; excessive; exchangeable; executive; exhaustive; existing; expansive; exorbitant; explosive; extemporaneous; extraordinary; facile; fangless; fatal; far-reaching; fatherly; feeble; feudal; fertilizing; fierce; filial; financial; first-rate; flawless; flexible; formative; full; formidable; fraudulent; frightful; fundamental; generative; generous; genial; genuine; gigantic; godlike; heart¬felt; granted; graphic; grasping; growing, guiding; hateful; healing; heavy; high; heavenly; heroic; hidden; hypnotic; imaginative; immature; immeasurable; immediate; immense; immortal; imperial; impossible; imperialist; implied; inborn; incomprehensible; indefinite; individual; indomitable; industrial; inexplicable; inevitable; infective; infernal; infinite; influential; ingrained; inherent; insensate; inimitable; inner; insensible; insubordinate; intellectual; intelligent; intermittent; interposing intoxicating; intrinsic; intuitive; inutile; in¬valid; inventive; inveterate; invincible; in¬visible; irresistible; irresponsible; jealous judicial; just; keen; kindly; kingly; lasting latent; lawless; learning; legal; legislative lifting; limited; linguistic; living; lordly lubricating; luminous; luxurious; magical magnetic; magnifying; maiming; malevo¬lent; malign; marvelous; massive; master¬ing; mature; mental; mesmeric; microscop¬ic; mighty; miraculous; monarchical; mon¬eyed; moral; motive; mortal; murderous; muscular; narcotic; musical; myriad (pi); mysterious; necessary; necromantic; nefar¬ious; obnoxious; nominal; nutritive; objurg¬atory; occult; omnipotent; omnipresent; ominous; omniscient; oratorical; oracular; organizing; original; overmastering; oxidiz¬ing; overwhelming; paramount; parliament¬ary; particular; passive; patient; patriarch¬al; peaceable; peculiar; penetrating; per¬ceptive; pernicious; personal; perilous; per¬iodical; persuasive; plastic; poetic; poison¬ous; political; potential; practical; prepon¬derant; prevailing; primal; primordial; productive; profit; projectile; prolific; prop¬er; prophetic; protecting; psychologic; pub¬lic; purchasing; purging; quickening; rare; rational; reasoning; reckless; recumbent; recognized; recuperative; regal; relentless; remarkable; remorseless; renewed; repar-ative; reportorial; reserve; repulsive; re¬quisite; resisting; restless; restrained; re¬sultant; ripening;  rival;  revolutionary; rounded; royal; ruling; ruthless; sardonic; satanic; scant; secular; scathing; secret; seductive; seer-like; seething; self-depend¬ent; selfish; self-realizing; self-restraining; sinister; selfsame; self-succeeding; silky; singular; sinless; siren; slow-moving; sole; speculative; sophisticated; spiritual; spon¬taneous; sprightly; springing; stagnant; startling; stimulating; sufficient; subtle; substantial; sullen;  superior;  superhuman; supernal;  supernatural;   supreme;  surcharged;  surging;  surpassing;  surprising; sustained; sweet; technical; temporal". terrible; thunderous; tranquil; transcendental; transforming; transporting; tremendous; tumultuous; twofold; tyrannous; ultimate; unappealable; unappeased; unborn; unbounded; uncanny; unconscious; undoubted; unexpected; unearthly; unequaled; unfettered; unfamiliar; unhallowed; uninviting; united; universal; unjust; unlimited; unmeasured; unprecedented; unrivaled; unqualified; unrestricted; unseen; unsightly; unspent; unsuspected; untried; unusual; unwearied; unwomanly; uplifting; urgent; utmost; vague; versatile; various (pi); vested; vibrant; victorious; violent; vital; vitalizing; waning; warlike; wearied; wondrous; worsted; worn; smooth; sufficient; self-sustaining.

Verbs for Power
abuse—; achieve—; animate with—; ascertain—; bask in—; bid for—; bolster—; bul¬wark by—; centralize—; check—; climb to —; clip—; clothe in—; confer—upon; con¬solidate—; crave—; curb—; curtail—; dele¬gate—to; deprive of—; derive—from; dilute —; diminish—; disseminate—; dissipate—; dwarf—; elect to—; endow with—; enhance —; entrust with—; evince—; exercise—; exhaust—; fathom—; fatten on—; forfeit —; generate—; grant—; harness—; impair —; impart—to; impute—to; intensify—; intoxicate with—; lodge—in; lust for—; mani¬fest—; nullify—; offset—; paralyze—; radiate—; regain—; resent—; restrict—; sap —; seize—; sense—; shake—; shear of—; stem—; strip of—; strive for—; surrender —; thirst for—; transmit—; unleash—; undermine—; usurp—; vest—in; vote into —; wield—; worship—; —decays; —dedines; —resides in; —wanes; —waxes; — withers.

Thesaurus
Establishment, VIP, ability, able, absolute power, absolutism, acme, activity, actuate, administration, ally, ampleness, amplitude, animate, appurtenance, aptitude, archduchy, archdukedom, ascendancy, authoritative, authoritativeness, authorities, authority, authorization, baron, barrel, be-all and end-all, beef, bent, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, birthright, bite, bitingness, blue ribbon, body politic, boundlessness, brass, brass hat, brawn, buffer state, bulk, bump, caliber, capability, capable, capacity, capital, captive nation, celebrity, championship, charisma, charm, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city-state, claim, claws, clout, clutches, colony, command, commonweal, commonwealth, compel, competence, competency, competent, compulsion, conjugal right, consequence, constituted authority, control, convincing, country, county, credit, cuttingness, decisiveness, delegated authority, demand, demonic energy, devices, dignitary, dignity, dint, direction, directorship, disposable resources, disposition, divine right, domain, dominance, dominant, domination, dominion, dower, dowry, drag, drive, drive on, driving force, droit, duchy, due, dukedom, dynamic, dynamism, earldom, effect, effective, effectiveness, effectual, efficacious, efficient, elder, electricity, eminence, empery, empire, enchantment, endowment, endurance, energetic, energy, enormity, enormousness, equipment, ergal, esteem, expanse, faculty, father, favor, figure, first place, first prize, fixity of purpose, flair, force, forceful, forcefulness, forcible, formidableness, forte, fortitude, forward, free city, fuel, fullness, function, funds, genius, gift, gigantism, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, good feeling, governance, government, grand duchy, grandeur, grandness, grasp, great, great man, great scope, greatness, grip, gripe, guts, gutsiness, hand, hands, hardiness, headship, heartiness, hegemony, height, helm, highest, hold, hugeness, immensity, impel, impellent, impelling force, imperium, impetus, importance, important person, impressiveness, impulse, impulsion, inalienable right, incentive, incidental power, incisiveness, incite, incitement, incumbents, indirect authority, inertia, infinity, influence, influential, influentiality, inherent authority, insinuation, instinct, intensity, interest, interests, intestinal fortitude, invincible, iron hand, iron will, irresistible force, jurisdiction, jus divinum, kinetic energy, kingdom, kingship, knack, land, largeness, lashings, lawful authority, leadership, legal authority, legitimacy, leverage, lion, long suit, lords of creation, lordship, lot, lump, lustiness, magisterialness, magnate, magnetism, magnitude, makings, man of mark, management, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, mass, masterdom, mastership, mastery, maximum, means, mess, method, metier, might, mightiness, mighty, mogul, moment, momentum, moral courage, moral fiber, mordancy, most, motivate, motive power, mountain, move, much, muchness, muscle, nabob, name, nation, nationality, natural endowment, natural gift, natural right, ne plus ultra, nervosity, nervousness, new high, notability, notable, obstinacy, palms, panjandrum, paramountcy, parts, peck, person of renown, personage, personality, persuasion, pillar of society, plenitude, poignancy, polis, polity, possession, potence, potency, potent, potential, potential energy, potentiality, powder, power elite, powerful, powerfulness, powers, powers that be, predominance, preponderance, prerogative, prescription, presidency, pressure, prestige, presumptive right, pretense, pretension, primacy, principality, principate, privilege, prodigiousness, propel, proper claim, property right, propulsion, protectorate, province, puissance, puissant, pull, punch, puppet government, puppet regime, purchase, put in motion, qualification, raj, realm, record, recourses, regality, regnancy, reign, reins of government, republic, repute, resorts, resources, right, rightful authority, robustness, royal prerogative, ruggedness, rule, ruling circle, sachem, satellite, say, seneschalty, set agoing, set going, set in motion, settlement, sight, sinew, sinewiness, skill, somebody, something, sovereign nation, sovereignty, speciality, stalwartness, stamina, state, staying power, steam, sticking power, stock, stoutness, strength, strength of mind, strength of purpose, strength of will, strenuous, strenuousness, strings, strong arm, strong flair, strong language, strong point, stupendousness, sturdiness, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, sultanate, superiority, superpower, supply, supremacy, sway, talent, talents, talons, territory, the goods, the great, the say, the say-so, the stuff, the top, thrust, title, top brass, top people, top spot, toparchia, toparchy, toughness, tremendousness, trenchancy, turn, tycoon, upper hand, vastness, very important person, vested authority, vested interest, vested right, vicarious authority, vigor, vigorous, vigorousness, virtue, vitality, voltage, warrant, ways, ways and means, weight, weighty, what it takes, wherewith, wherewithal, whip hand, whip on, wieldy, will, will of iron, will power, worthy, zenith

Etymology
< poer: <  poer: <  *undefined:, for  posse:; see potent.

Noun

 * Arabic: (qúwwa)
 * Armenian: իշխանություն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: magt
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: סמכות (sɑmḥut), שלטון (šilton)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: kekuasaan
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 力 (chikara), 権力 (ken’ryoku), 勢力 (seiryoku)
 * Korean: 힘 (him)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: توانا
 * Latin: potestas, facultas
 * Macedonian: моќ
 * Norwegian:, innflytelse
 * Polish: władza
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పలుకుబడి
 * Urdu:


 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 功率
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: jõud
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: δύναμη (dinami), ισχύς (iskhis) , κράτος (kratos)
 * Hebrew: כח (ko'ɑḥ)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kekuatan
 * Irish: cumhacht
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 力 (chikara)
 * Korean: 힘 (him)
 * Kurdish: زه‌بر, قوه‌ت
 * Latin: potentia
 * Macedonian:, моќ
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, potência
 * Romanian:, forță, tărie
 * Russian:, мощь obs., coll.
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: lakas
 * Telugu: శక్తి, బలము
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: طاقت, قوت,


 * Arabic: طاقة كهربائية
 * Armenian: էլեկտրականություն,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: voeding, toevoer , stroom , spanning (These may all be preceded by elektrische), elektriciteit
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:


 * Indonesian: daya
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 電力 (denryoku)
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: electricitate curent, electricitate
 * Russian:, coll.,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Armenian: հզորություն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 功率
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: võimsus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: הספק (hespék)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 仕事率 (shigoto-ritsu)
 * Latin: potentia
 * Macedonian: моќ
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, randament, potență
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 放大率
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Greek: μεγεθυντική ικανότητα (meyenthidiki ikanotita)


 * Japanese: 倍率 (bairitsu)
 * Macedonian: моќ
 * Norwegian: forsterkning
 * Romanian: mărire
 * Russian: мощность


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Italian: potenze celesti
 * Japanese: 能天使 (nō-tenshi)


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Potenz, Hochzahl (x hoch n)
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חזקה (ḥezkɑ)
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cumhacht


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 乗 (jō), 累乗 (ruijō)
 * Latin: potentia
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, potență
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:


 * Swedish:


 * Armenian: տերություն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 強國, 强国
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: Macht, Großmacht
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: עוצמה (otzmah)
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cumhacht
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 権力 (kenryoku), 勢力 (seiryoku)
 * Latin: potentia
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: putere
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: mocnosť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: సైనికబలము, ఆర్ధికబలము


 * : 힘 (him) (1), 권력 (gweonryeok) (2), 능력 (neungryeok) (3), 세력 (saeryeok) (4), 전력 (jeonryeok) (5)
 * : (1),  (2),  (5)
 * : (1), władza (2),  (3),  (5), zasilanie (6), mocarstwo (7)

Verb

 * Armenian: սնուցել
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: antaa virtaa, antaa tehoa
 * Greek: κινώ (kinó)


 * Japanese: 供給する (kyokyū-suru)
 * Macedonian: напојува
 * Slovene: napajati
 * Telugu: బలపచు