| Main Entry: | puissance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
Synonyms: |
clout, force, influence, might, muscle, potency, power, strength, sway, vigor |
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's spirit and vigor |
Synonyms: |
activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
Antonyms: |
idleness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, tiredness |
| 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, fierceness, forcefulness, gumption, guts*, impressiveness, influence, intensity, intestinal fortitude, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, validness, vehemence, vigor, willpower |
Antonyms: |
incompetence, weakness |
| 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, forcefulness, forcibleness, get-up-and-go, jurisdiction, lustiness, mastery, moxie*, muscle*, peppiness, potency, powerfulness, prowess, puissance, punch, qualification, qualifiedness, sinew, steam, strength, strenuousness, strong arm, sway, valor, vigor, vigorousness |
| Notes: | may is more optimistic than might; may carries the idea of permission while might suggests likelihood |
Antonyms: |
inability, powerlessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | potency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effectiveness |
Synonyms: |
authority, birr, 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, what it takes, zap, zing, zip |
Antonyms: |
disability, impotency, ineffectiveness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical ability, capacity |
Synonyms: |
applied force, arm*, brawn, dynamism, energy, force, forcefulness, horsepower, intensity, mechanical energy, might, muscle*, omnipotence, potency, potential, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor, vim, virtue, voltage, weight |
Antonyms: |
debility, disability, impairment, impotence, infirmity, weakness |
| 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*, birr, bounce, capability, capacity, dash, drive, dynamism, endurance, enterprise, exercise, fire, force, get-up-and-go, go*, hardiness, healthiness, intensity, juice*, kick*, liveliness, lustiness, 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 |
Antonyms: |
enervation, idleness, inactivity, lethargy, weakness |
| Main Entry: | peppiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
Synonyms: |
activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go*, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice*, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch*, spirit, spontaneity, sprightliness, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
| Main Entry: | potence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength |
Synonyms: |
backbone*, body, brawn, brawniness, brute force, clout, courage, durability, energy, firmness, force, fortitude, hardiness, health, healthiness, lustiness, might, muscle, nerve, physique, pith, potency, pow, power, powerfulness, powerhouse, puissance, robustness, security, sinew, sock, soundness, stability, stableness, stalwartness, steadiness, steamroller, stoutness, strong arm, sturdiness, substance, tenacity, thew, toughness, verdure, vigor, vim, vitality, zip |