great power

Noun

Meaning

a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

great-power

Synonyms

power superpower world power major power leviathan super power strong force great strength great potential huge power large force enormous power immense power enormous strength powerful force
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Antonyms

zero disability cipher exhaustion delicacy fragility
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Hypernyms

commonwealth country state land nation body politic

Hyponyms

hegemon

Examples

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.... Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. Beatrix Potter

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible. Nikola Tesla

A great power imposes the obligation of exercising restraint, and we did not live up to this obligation. I think this affected many of the scientists in a subtle sense, and it diminished their desire to continue to work on the bomb. Leó Szilárd

Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power. Paolo Bacigalupi

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness to power and justice to glory. George W. Bush

Close letter words and terms

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