Synonyms of the word

potency

• n. Strength.
• n. Power.
• n. The ability or capacity to perform something.

authorisation

• n. Alternative spelling of authorization.

authority

• n. ability to decide, control.
• n. (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
• n. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
• n. (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
• n. Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

authorization

• n. (uncountable) Permission.
• n. (countable) An act of authorizing.
• n. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
• n. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

dominance

• n. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.
• n. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others.
• n. (physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs;…
• n. (biology, genetics) The property of a gene such that it suppresses the expression of its allele.

effectiveness

• n. The property of being effective, of achieving results.
• n. The capacity or potential for achieving results.
• n. The degree to which something achieves results.

possibility

• n. The quality of being possible.
• n. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
• n. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.

possibleness

• n. Quality of being possible.

potence

• n. power or strength; potency.
• n. A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock.

potential

• n. Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
• n. (physics) The gravitational potential is the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational…
• n. (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified…
• n. (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
• adj. Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
• adj. (archaic) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
• adj. (physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
• adj. (physics) A potential flow is an irrotational flow.
• adj. (grammar) Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.

potentiality

• n. The quality of being, or having potential.
• n. An inherent capacity for growth or development.
• n. An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
• n. (philosophy) Indeterminism.
• n. (physics) Quantum indeterminacy.

power

• n. (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.
• n. (physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.
• n. (mathematics).
• n. (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels,…
• v. (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
• v. (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
• v. To enable or provide the impetus for.
• adj. (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.

powerfulness

• n. The quality of being powerful.

say-so

• n. Statement that something is so.
• n. (informal) Permission.
• n. Say, voice (in a matter).

strength

• n. The quality or degree of being strong.
• n. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
• n. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
• n. A positive attribute.
• n. (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.
• v. (obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.