superpower
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Excessive or superior power.
- (countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the Soviet Union or United States.
- (countable) A fictional extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
- (obsolete) Electricity generated in a large plant that is tied into a regional network, on a larger scale than was common in the early years of commercial electricity production.
- (mathematics) A tetration (also known as a power tower and the inverse of a superlogarithm).
Etymology
Prefix from English power.
Origin
English
power
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agripower English
- airpower English
- antipower English
- bepower English
- biopower English
- bipower English
- brainpower English
- candlepower English
- copower English
- counterpower English
- depower English
- empower English
- firepower English
- gunpower English
- horsepower English
- hydropower English
- hyperpower English
- manpower English
- micropower English
- mindpower English
- multipower English
- nonpower English
- nonsuperpower English
- outpower English
- overpower English
- personpower English
- power English
- power bottom English
- power spot English
- power-up English
- powerable English
- powerband English
- powerbank English
- powerboat English
- powerbomb English
- powerbroking English
- powerchair English
- powerful English
- powerhead English
- powerholder English
- powerholding English
- powerhouse English
- powering English
- powerish English
- powerism English
- powerist English
- powerlaw English
- powerless English
- powerlifter English
- powerlifting English
- powermonger English
- poweroid English
- powersharing English
- powershift English
- powerslam English
- powerslash English
- powersome English
- powertrain English
- powerviolence English
- powerwalk English
- powerwasher English
- repower English
- seapower English
- spacepower English
- subpower English
- superpowerless English
- superpowerlessness English
- technopower English
- thermopower English
- ultrapower English
- underpower English
- unpower English
- warpower English
- willpower English
- windpower English
- womanpower English
- Power German
- パワー Japanese
- poer Middle English
- werpa Tagalog
- ပါဝါ Burmese
- pawa Tok Pisin
- power
- bipower
- empower
- bepower
- repower
- unpower
- copower
- depower
- airpower
- powerish
- subpower
- biopower
- outpower
- powerful
- powering
- nonpower
- power-up
- powerism
- powerlaw
- poweroid
- powerist
- warpower
- gunpower
- manpower
- seapower
- powerable
- powerslam
- antipower
- powerboat
- overpower
- powerless
- powerband
- agripower
- powerwalk
- powerbomb
- powerbank
- mindpower
- willpower
- windpower
- powersome
- powerhead
- firepower
- powerchair
- powertrain
- hydropower
- multipower
- powerhouse
- spacepower
- underpower
- powershift
- micropower
- brainpower
- ultrapower
- power spot
- powerslash
- horsepower
- hyperpower
- womanpower
- powerwasher
- candlepower
- powerholder
- thermopower
- technopower
- powermonger
- personpower
- powerlifter
- counterpower
- powerbroking
- power bottom
- powersharing
- powerholding
- powerlifting
- nonsuperpower
- powerviolence
- superpowerless
- superpowerlessness