Synonyms for potence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : poht-ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊt ns |
Top 10 synonyms for potence Other synonyms for the word potence
- brute force
- fortitude
- hardiness
- health
- healthiness
- lustiness
- might
- muscle
- nerve
- physique
- pith
- potency
- pow
- power
- powerfulness
- powerhouse
- puissance
- robustness
- security
- sinew
- sock
- soundness
- stability
- stableness
- stalwartness
- steadiness
- steamroller
- stoutness
- strong arm
- sturdiness
- substance
- tenacity
- thew
- toughness
- verdure
- vigor
- vim
- vitality
- zip
Définition of potence
Origin :- "potency," early 15c., from Old French potence "power," from Latin potentia (see potent).
- noun strength
- The potence of the draught which they had forced through her lips, when she had been insensible, acted on her as an anodyne.
- Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
- The third potence is organism (A3), the common product of light and weight.
- Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler
- The first potence is matter and weight—the greatest preponderance of the object.
- Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler
- The second potence is light (A2), an inner—as weight is an outer—intuition of nature.
- Extract from : « A History of Philosophy in Epitome » by Albert Schwegler
- Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.
- Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
- A rapid occupation Must start the needful perspiration, And through thy frame the liquor's potence fling.
- Extract from : « Faust » by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- Then suddenly it waked, for the moon was sinking, and the charm had lost its potence.
- Extract from : « My Friend the Chauffeur » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
Antonyms for potence
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