potency

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Power, authority.
2. (countable, uncountable) The ability or capacity to perform something
3. (countable, uncountable, usually) The ability or capacity to perform something
4. (countable, uncountable) Concentration; strength
5. (countable, uncountable) Potentiality, ability, capacity.
6. (countable, dated, uncountable) Cardinality.

Opposite of

impotence

Synonyms

power

strength

effectiveness

might

efficacy

potentiality

force

potence

potential

energy

influence

virility

ability

authorisation

authority

authorization

capacity

dominance

effect

faculty

say-so

vigor

latent force

fitness

conceivableness

forcefulness

impact

impression

conceivability

intensity

lifeline

manpower

masculineness

cogency

muscle

💪

muscularity

opening

operation

pithiness

possibility

chance

🎲

cardinal number

capability

productiveness

productivity

puissance

pungency

quality

richness

robustness

Translations

potencia

Potenz

puissance

potência

force

güç

kracht

Macht

poder

efficacité

δύναμη

eficacia

fuerza

kuvvet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpəʊtənsi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potentia. Doublet of Potenza.