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Synonyms for might
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might
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.
Synonyms:
ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talentAntonyms:
awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness
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Princeton's WordNet
might, mightiness, powernoun
physical strength
Synonyms:
power, ability, exponent, index, major power, great power, tycoon, force, magnate, top executive, world power, business leader, powerfulness, mightiness, baron, big businessman, superpower, mogul, office, king
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#241 | office | |
#276 | index | |
#307 | power | |
#633 | possible | |
#634 | might | |
#671 | energy | |
#876 | risk | |
#1012 | king | |
#1022 | force | |
#1561 | faculty | |
#1589 | ability | |
#1590 | maybe | |
#1686 | capacity | |
#1926 | perhaps | |
#2814 | strength | |
#3311 | efficiency | |
#4391 | skill | |
#4942 | capability | |
#5170 | talent | |
#8406 | qualification | |
#11026 | efficacy | |
#12562 | baron | |
#12653 | readiness | |
#13549 | competency | |
#15591 | tycoon | |
#17794 | susceptibility | |
#23874 | exponent | |
#26088 | aptitude | |
#31045 | mogul | |
#32140 | superpower | |
#32408 | dexterity | |
#60753 | magnate | |
#69512 | cleverness | |
#213211 | cogency |
How to use might in a sentence?
For people, regardless of where they might stand, when an unborn child can feel pain I think most people feel it's appropriate to protect that child.
If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe that the whole treasure of morality and order is enshrined in the female character.
I thought The Post might inadvertently kill me, the Post was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
The deficit, of course, has been at historic levels the last year and likely to be again this year, just did 1.9trillion, second is, where doearmarksgo? ... There's some good analysis out there showing that more than half of it goes to those kinds of leadership positions. So for all those members who supported it, they might want to think, gosh, am I really going to get the earmark anyway?
Translations for might
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- ربماArabic
- moc, síla, zdatnost, mohlCzech
- måskeDanish
- Macht, könnte, könnten, k, Vermögen, KraftGerman
- θα μπορούσεGreek
- fuerza, puede queSpanish
- ممکنPersian
- mahti, kyky, voimaFinnish
- pourrait, forceFrench
- cumhachdScottish Gaelic
- हो सकता हैHindi
- esetlegHungarian
- mungkinIndonesian
- forza, potrebbe, potereItalian
- אוליHebrew
- 可能性がありますJapanese
- ಇರಬಹುದುKannada
- 힘Korean
- potentia, potestas, vis, utLatin
- може, можност, сила, моќMacedonian
- kracht, macht, zou kunnen, vermogenDutch
- kanskjeNorwegian
- siła, potęga, moc, zdolnośćPolish
- talvez, pode ser que, poderiaPortuguese
- ar puteaRomanian
- возможность, сила, мог быRussian
- mogota, močSlovene
- kanske, makt, skulle kunnaSwedish
- வலிமைTamil
- ఉండవచ్చుTelugu
- อาจThai
- belkiTurkish
- شایدUrdu
- có thểVietnamese
- זאלYiddish
- 威力Chinese
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