Synonyms for great power
great pow·er

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1. world power, major power, great power, power, superpowernoun

   a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

   Synonyms:
   power, exponent, index, ability, superpower, might, tycoon, force, top executive, world power, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, major power, magnate, office, mogul, king

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1. George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999:

   America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory.

2. Andrey Kortunov:

   It allows him to make his point that Russia is not isolated, that Russia is a great power, and to some extent can even claim an equal status with the United States, at least in the security field.

3. James Clunie:

   If there are two great countries locked in a strategic war, which is what a great power struggle is, then that is not going away, that is probably with us for a long time.

4. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating:

   Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.

5. Michael Beckley:

   China’s economy is 10 times the size of Russia’s, china spends four times as much every year on its military as Russia does, and China is really a multi-dimensional, great power.