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. Purvi Raniga:

    Meditation helps us to balance all our thoughts, helps us to realise power of our thoughts. Each and every purpose of our life becomes clear.

  2. Monica Viego-Rodriguez:

    The mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it, they just want to get the situation resolved.

  3. Lord Acton, 1887:

    Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  4. Faisal Edhi:

    They work around heaters and boilers in textile factories and there is eight to nine hours of (scheduled power outages) in these areas.

  5. Stavros Dimas:

    On the other hand the euro could fall towards $1.21 if the 180 votes are not secured, as the market will ponder the risk of the leftwing Syriza party, which is against fiscal reconstruction, taking power after a snap election next year.

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

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