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| Main Entry: | might |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, power |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout, command, competence, control, domination, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, jurisdiction, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, potency, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, sinew*, steam, strength, sway, valor, vigor, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, lustiness, peppiness, powerfulness, qualifiedness, strenuousness, strong arm, vigorousness |
| Notes: | may is more optimistic than might; may carries the idea of permission while might suggests likelihood |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | potency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
| Synonyms: | authority, capability, capacity, command, control, dominion, efficacy, efficiency, energy, force, go*, hardihood, influence, juice*, kick*, might, moxie*, muscle*, pep, potential, power, puissance, punch, sinew*, snap, sock*, steam*, strength, sway, vigor, virtue, zap*, zing*, zip*, birr, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | disability, weakness, impotency, ineffectiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | steam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | beef, force, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor, vim |
| Main Entry: | vigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, energy |
| Synonyms: | ability, action, activity, agility, alertness, bang*, bounce, capability, capacity, dash, drive, endurance, enterprise, exercise, fire, force, go*, intensity, juice*, kick*, liveliness, might, motion, moxie*, muscle*, nimbleness, pep*, pith, potency, puissance, punch*, push, quickness, snap*, sock, soundness, starch*, steam*, strength, tuck*, urgency, vehemence, vim, vitality, well-being, zing*, zip*, birr, dynamism, get-up-and-go, hardiness, healthiness, lustiness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, lethargy, weakness, enervation, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
| Synonyms: | élan, activity, animation, application, ardor, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, fortitude, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip*, birr, forcefulness, get-up-and-go, operativeness, toughness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness, lethargy, inactivity, tiredness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental power, energy |
| Synonyms: | ability, authority, bite*, capability, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, gumption, guts*, influence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, vehemence, vigor, willpower, fierceness, forcefulness, impressiveness, validness |
| Antonyms: | incompetence, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical ability, capacity |
| Synonyms: | arm*, brawn, energy, force, intensity, might, muscle*, omnipotence, potency, potential, puissance, sinew*, strength, vigor, vim, virtue, weight, applied force, dynamism, forcefulness, horsepower, mechanical energy, voltage |
| Antonyms: | debility, disability, impotence, infirmity, weakness, impairment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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