power

power is a 5-letter English word with 27 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Same as Poor, the fish. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Same as Poor, the fish.
2. noun. Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
3. noun. Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
4. noun. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
5. noun. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
6. noun. The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity.
7. noun. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
8. noun. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
9. noun. The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
10. noun. A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
11. noun. Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
12. noun. A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
13. noun. The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
14. noun. Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
15. noun. The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface.
16. noun. An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
17. noun. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
18. noun. physical strength

    Synonyms: might, mightiness

19. noun. possession of controlling influence

    "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"

    "the power of his love saved her"

    Synonyms: powerfulness

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

    "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

    Synonyms: ability

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

    Synonyms: exponent, index

22. noun. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

    Synonyms: superpower

23. noun. a very wealthy or powerful businessman

    "an oil baron"

    Synonyms: baron, king, magnate, mogul, tycoon

24. noun. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

    "the mysterious presence of an evil power"

    "may the force be with you"

    Synonyms: force

25. noun. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
26. noun. (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"

    Synonyms: office

27. verb. supply the force or power for the functioning of

    "The gasoline powers the engines"

Synonyms

might, mightiness, powerfulness, ability, exponent, index, superpower, baron, king, magnate, mogul, tycoon, force, office

Common word forms

powers, powered, powerful, powering, powerable, powerless

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