Synonyms for power
Most common
force strength energy control king baron super power electrical energy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Force — strength, energy. Physical force or strength
force, strength, energy, control, authority, capacity, influence, capability, command, dominion, virtue, weight, sway, potency, vigor US, vigour UK, clout, competence, government, right, sovereignty, agency, intensity
3. Great power
4. Electrical energy
Other
ability, might, steam informal, powers-that-be, exponent, office, kick informal, mightiness, index, cardinality, powerfulness rare, authoritativeness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Strength, energy. Physical force or strength.
He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.
- n. 2
The ability to do or undergo something.
He has lost the power to speak.
- n. 3
The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
- n. 4
The ability to coerce, influence, or control. The ability to affect or influence.
the power of the written word
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- powers → forces, strengths, energies, controls…
Choose the right word
Efficiency is active power to effect a definite result, the power that actually does, as distinguished from that which may do.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- control Some think it is based on love, others on control.
- energy There will be an energy crisis in the near future.
- authority I don't have the authority to give you permission.
- strength I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.
- office Please tell me the closest station to your office.
- ability He exceeds all his brothers in scholastic ability.
By length
- 4 letters
- king1, kick1, sway1
- 5 letters
- right1, might1, force1, index2, steam1, baron2, clout1, mogul2, vigor2
- 6 letters
- office2, energy3, weight1, agency3, virtue2, tycoon2, vigour
- 7 letters
- control2, ability4, command2, potency3, magnate2
- 8 letters
- strength1, capacity4, dominion3, exponent3
- 9 letters
- authority4, influence3, intensity4
- 10 letters
- government3, capability5, competence3, mightiness
- 11 letters
- electricity5, sovereignty3, cardinality
- 12 letters
- powerfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (index2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pouvoir
- Italiano
- potere
- Español
- poder
- Deutsch
- Befähigung