brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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candlepower | (noun) luminous intensity measured in candelas | Synonyms: light intensity |
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empower | (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorise, authorize |
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(verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: endow, endue, gift, indue, invest |
empowered | (adjective) invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter | Synonyms: sceptered, sceptred |
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empowerment | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization |
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firepower | (noun) (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
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gunpowder | (noun) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | Synonyms: powder |
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horsepower | (noun) a unit of power equal to 746 watts | Synonyms: H.P., HP |
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manpower | (noun) the force of workers available | Synonyms: hands, men, work force, workforce |
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overpower | (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overmaster, overwhelm |
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(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
overpowering | (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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overpoweringly | (adverb) incapable of being resisted | Synonyms: irresistibly, overwhelmingly |
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powder | (noun) any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder | - |
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(noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: pulverisation, pulverization |
(noun) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | Synonyms: gunpowder |
(verb) apply powder to | - |
(verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
powdered | (adjective) consisting of fine particles | Synonyms: fine-grained, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained |
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powderer | (noun) someone who applies or scatters powder | - |
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powderiness | (noun) having a very fine texture | Synonyms: fineness |
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powderise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
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(verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
powderize | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, pulverise, pulverize |
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(verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, pulverise, pulverize |
powderpuff | (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: puff |
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powdery | (adjective) consisting of fine particles | Synonyms: fine-grained, powdered, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained |
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(adjective) as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder | - |
power | (noun) possession of controlling influence | Synonyms: powerfulness |
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(noun) physical strength | Synonyms: might, mightiness |
(noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: ability |
(noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself | Synonyms: exponent, index |
(noun) a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world | Synonyms: great power, major power, superpower, world power |
(noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: force |
(noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon |
(noun) (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) | - |
(noun) energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor | Synonyms: electrical energy, electricity |
(noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: office |
(verb) supply the force or power for the functioning of | - |
powerboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: motorboat |
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powerbroker | (noun) a person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control | Synonyms: power broker |
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powered | (adjective) (often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind | - |
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powerful | (adjective) having great power or force or potency or effect | - |
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(adjective) having great influence | Synonyms: potent |
(adjective) displaying superhuman strength or power | Synonyms: herculean |
(adjective) (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful | Synonyms: brawny, hefty, muscular, sinewy |
(adjective) strong enough to knock down or overwhelm | Synonyms: knock-down |
(adverb) (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | Synonyms: mightily, mighty, right |
powerfully | (adverb) in a manner having a powerful influence | Synonyms: potently |
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(adverb) in a powerful manner | Synonyms: strongly |
powerfulness | (noun) possession of controlling influence | Synonyms: power |
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powerhouse | (noun) an electrical generating station | Synonyms: power plant, power station |
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(noun) a team considered to be the best of its class | - |
(noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, fireball, human dynamo |
powerless | (adjective) lacking power | - |
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powerlessly | (adverb) in a powerless manner | - |
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powerlessness | (noun) the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble | Synonyms: impotence, impotency |
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powerwash | (verb) wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew | Synonyms: pressure-wash |
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powwow | (noun) (informal) a quick private conference | Synonyms: huddle |
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(noun) a council of or with Native Americans | - |
(verb) hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting | - |
shipowner | (noun) someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship | - |
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superpower | (noun) a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world | Synonyms: great power, major power, power, world power |
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toothpowder | (noun) a dentifrice in the form of a powder | Synonyms: tooth powder |
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unpowered | (adjective) not having or using power | - |
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waterpower | (noun) the power to do work that is latent in a head of water | - |
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willpower | (noun) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | Synonyms: possession, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power |
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