Classes Abstract Relations Causation Connection Between Cause and Effect
Connection Between Cause and Effect
Nouns
power
potency, potentiality
jiva
puissance, might, force, energy etc. Physical Energy
dint
right hand, right arm
ascendency, sway, control
prepotency, prepollence
almightiness, omnipotence
authority etc. Authority
strength etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
ableness etc. adj.
competency
efficacy
efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill) Skill
validity, cogency
enablement
vantage ground
influence etc. Influence . pressure
conductivity
elasticity
gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism
atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power
fuel cell
hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power
solar power, solar energy, solar panels
tidal power
wind power
attraction
potential energy, dynamic energy
dynamic friction, dynamic suction
live circuit, live rail, live wire. capability, capacity
faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility.
Verbs
be powerful etc. adj.
gain power etc. n.. belong to, pertain to
lie in one's power, be in one's power
can, be able. give power, confer power, exercise power etc. n.
empower, enable, invest
indue, endue
endow, arm
strengthen etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
compel etc. Compulsion .
Adjectives
powerful, puissant
potential
capable, able
equal to, up to
cogent, valid
efficient, productive
effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent
multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent
almighty. forcible etc. adj. . (energetic) Physical Energy
influential etc. Influence
productive etc. Productiveness .
Adverbs
powerfully etc. adj.
by virtue of, by dint of.
Nouns
impotence
inability, disability
disablement, impuissance, imbecility
incapacity, incapability
inaptitude, ineptitude, incompetence, unproductivity
indocility
invalidity, disqualification
inefficiency, blank, blank cartridge, flash in the pan, dead letter, bit of waste paper, dummy
paper tiger
Quaker gun. inefficacy etc. (inutility) Inutility
failure etc. Failure . helplessness etc. adj.
prostration, paralysis, palsy, apoplexy, syncope, sideration, collapse, exhaustion, softening of the brain, inanition
emasculation, orchiotomy [Med.] , orchotomy [Med.] . cripple, old woman, muff, powder puff, creampuff, pussycat, wimp, mollycoddle
eunuch.
Verbs
be impotent etc. adj.
faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop
go by the board, go by the wayside
go up in smoke, end in smoke etc. (fail) Failure . render powerless etc. adj.
deprive of power
disable, disenable
disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands
double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of
throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote
ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, spike the guns
take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel
break the neck, break the back
unhinge, unfit
put out of gear. unman, unnerve, enervate
emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix. shatter, exhaust, weaken etc. Weakness .
Adjectives
powerless, impotent, unable, incapable, incompetent
inefficient, ineffective
inept
unfit, unfitted
unqualified, disqualified
unendowed
inapt, unapt
crippled, disabled etc. v.
armless. harmless, unarmed, weaponless, defenseless, unfortified, indefensible, vincible, pregnable, untenable. paralytic, paralyzed
palsied, imbecile
nerveless, sinewless, marrowless, pithless, lustless
emasculate, disjointed
out of joint, out of gear
unnerved, unhinged
water-logged, on one's beam ends, rudderless
laid on one's back
done up, dead beat, exhausted, shattered, demoralized
graveled etc. (in difficulty) Difficulty
helpless, unfriended, fatherless
without a leg to stand on, laid on the shelf. null and void, nugatory, inoperative, good for nothing
ineffectual etc. (failing) Failure
inadequate etc. Insufficiency
inefficacious etc. (useless) Inutility .
Phrases
desirous still but impotent to rise" [Shenstone]
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Nouns
strength
power etc. Power
energy etc. Physical Energy
vigor, force
main force, physical force, brute force
spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity. stoutness etc. adj.
lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique
pith, pithiness
virtility, vitality. athletics, athleticism
gymnastics, feats of strength. adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak
iron grip
grit, bone. athlete, gymnast, acrobat
superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath
tower of strength
giant refreshed. strengthening etc. v.
invigoration, refreshment, refocillation. [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
Verbs
be strong etc. adj. , be stronger
overmatch. render strong etc. adj.
give strength etc. n.
strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird
screw up, wind up, set up
gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins
recruit, set on one's legs
vivify
refresh etc. Refreshment
refect
reinforce, reenforce etc. (restore) Restoration .
Adjectives
strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid. resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable
incontestable
more than a match for
overpowering, overwhelming
all powerful, all sufficient
sovereign. able-bodied
athletic
Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean
muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic. manly, man-like, manful
masculine, male, virile. unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted
in full force, in full swing
in the plenitude of power. stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted
strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy
sound as a roach
in fine feather, in high feather
built like a brick shithouse
like a giant refreshed.
Adverbs
strongly etc. adj.
by force etc. n.
by main force etc. (by compulsion) Compulsion .
Phrases
our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet] . Blut und Eisen [G.]
ex vi termini
he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill" [Burke]
inflexible in faith invincible in arms" [Beattie] .
Nouns
weakness etc. adj.
debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation
impotence etc. Impotence
infirmity
effeminacy, feminality
fragility, flaccidity
inactivity etc. Inactivity . anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood. declension of strength, loss of strength, failure of strength
delicacy, invalidation, decrepitude, asthenia, adynamy, cachexy, cachexia [Med.] , sprain, strain. reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards. softling, weakling
infant etc. Infant
youth etc. Youth .
Verbs
be weak etc. adj.
drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave. render weak etc. adj.
weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate
unbrace, unnerve
cripple, unman etc. (render powerless) Impotence
cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of
dilute, impoverish
decimate
extenuate
reduce in strength, reduce the strength of
Adjectives
weak, feeble, debile
impotent etc. Impotence
relaxed, unnerved, c. v.
sapless, strengthless, powerless
weakly, unstrung, flaccid, adynamic, asthenic
nervous. soft, effeminate, feminate, womanly. frail, fragile, shattery
flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial, gimcrack, gingerbread
rickety, creaky, creaking, cranky
craichy
drooping, tottering etc. v.. broken, lame, withered, shattered, shaken, crazy, shaky
palsied etc. Impotence
decrepit. languid, poor, infirm
faint, faintish
sickly etc. (disease) Disease
dull, slack, evanid, spent, short-winded, effete
weather-beaten
decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear. unstrengthened etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
aidless, defenseless etc. Impotence
cantilevered (support) Support . on its last legs
weak as a child, weak as a baby, weak as a chicken, weak as a cat, weak as a rat
weak as water, weak as water gruel, weak as gingerbread, weak as milk and water
colorless etc. [Absence of color.] Achromatism