What are some opposite words for power?

Antonyms for power
ˈpaʊ ərpow·er

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term power.

Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. powernoun

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  2. powernoun

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  3. powernoun

    To hit or kick something forcefully.

    He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  4. powernoun

    2005, Columbia Law Review, April

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  5. powernoun

    After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  6. powernoun

    Antonyms:
    impotence, weakness

  7. powernoun

    We need a microscope with higher power.

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  8. powernoun

    Antonyms:
    impotence, weakness

  9. powernoun

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

  10. powernoun

    Antonyms:
    weakness, impotence

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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.

    Antonyms:
    awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

    Synonyms:
    ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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"

    Antonyms:
    impotency, impotence, powerlessness

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  2. powernoun

    (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

    Antonyms:
    impotency, impotence, powerlessness

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  3. ability, powernoun

    possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

    "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

    Antonyms:
    powerlessness, impotency, impotence

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  4. office, 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"

    Antonyms:
    impotence, impotency, powerlessness

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  5. power, 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"

    Antonyms:
    impotence, powerlessness, impotency

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  6. exponent, power, indexnoun

    a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

    Antonyms:
    powerlessness, impotency, impotence

    Synonyms:
    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 leader

  7. might, mightiness, powernoun

    physical strength

    Antonyms:
    powerlessness, impotency, impotence

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  8. world power, major power, great power, power, superpowernoun

    a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

    Antonyms:
    impotence, impotency, powerlessness

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  9. baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoonverb

    a very wealthy or powerful businessman

    "an oil baron"

    Antonyms:
    impotency, impotence, powerlessness

    Synonyms:
    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, king

  10. powerverb

    supply the force or power for the functioning of

    "The gasoline powers the engines"

    Antonyms:
    impotency, powerlessness, impotence

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. powernoun

    Synonyms:
    potency, might, cogency, efficacy, force, armipotence, omnipotence, influence, sway, command, domination, authority, faculty, endowment, gift

How to use power in a sentence?

  1. David Hume:

    The law always limits every power it gives.

  2. Ben Affleck:

    The whole idea of wealth and power and how power engenders fear ... made it feel real and smart to me.

  3. Darren Hammell:

    Part of the solution is distributed generation – systems that generate power closer to where it’s used … there has to be a lot of investment in the grid … the question is where do we spend that money.

  4. Georges Bernanos:

    Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.

  5. Kate Bahn:

    Wages were not set based on market forces but based on power disparities.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#307power
#10957weakness
#11794inability
#15783obedience
#19210impotence
#20444stupidity
#29658incompetence
#31904incapacity
#38445inefficiency
#49680helplessness
#59900subjection
#73354powerlessness
#76413ineffectiveness
#76733awkwardness
#97214impotency
#124872subservience
#173706imbecility
#181826feebleness
#236155inertness
#238553incapability
#269750dulness

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