Powerhouse [pou-er-hous]
Main Entry:
authority [uh-thawr-i-tee, uh-thor-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: power, control
Synonyms: ascendancy, authorization, beef, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up, license, mastery, might, might and main, permission, permit, pizzazz*, pow, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, ropes, rule, say, say-so, steam, strength, strong arm, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand, warrant, weight, what it takes, whip hand, word, zap
Main Entry: engine
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: device that drives a machine
Synonyms: agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood
Main Entry: forceful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: effective, powerful
Synonyms: ball of fire, bullish, cogent, coming on strong, commanding, compelling, constraining, convincing, dominant, dynamic, electric, elemental, energetic, forcible, gutsy, mighty, persuasive, pithy, potent, powerhouse, puissant, punch, punchy, steamroller, stringent, strong, take-charge, take-over, telling, titanic, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, weighty
Antonyms: feeble, impotent, ineffective, meek, unforceful, weak
Main Entry: mighty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: forceful, powerful
Synonyms: boss*, doughty, hardy, indomitable, lusty, muscular, omnipotent, potent, powerhouse, puissant, robust, stalwart, steamroller, stout, strapping, strengthy, strong, strong as ox, sturdy, vigorous, wieldy
Antonyms: delicate, powerless, weak
Main Entry: muscular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: powerfully built
Synonyms: Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, brawny, bruising, burly, fibrous, hefty, hulky, husky, lusty, mighty, muscled, powerful, powerhouse, pumped up, ripped, robust, ropy, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger, tough, vigorous, well-built, wiry
Antonyms: delicate, flabby, infirm, skinny, weak
Main Entry: potent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: effective, powerful, forceful
Synonyms: almighty, authoritative, ball of fire, cogent, commanding, compelling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, efficacious, forcible, full-bodied, go-getter, great, gutsy, impressive, influential, lusty, mighty, persuasive, powerhouse, puissant, punchy, robust, spanking, stiff, strong, sturdy, telling, trenchant, useful, vigorous
Antonyms: disabled, fragile, helpless, impotent, incapable, ineffective, weak
Main Entry: professional
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person prepared for work by extended study or practice
Synonyms: adept, artist, artiste, authority, brain*, egghead, expert, hotshot, old hand, old pro, old war-horse, phenom, powerhouse, pro, proficient, pundit, shark, specialist, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz kid, whiz*, wizard
Antonyms: amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, rookie
Main Entry: robust
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: healthy, strong
Synonyms: able-bodied, athletic, boisterous, booming, brawny, built, concentrated, fit, fit as fiddle, flourishing, full-bodied, hale, hardy, hearty, hefty, husky, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in the pink, live, lusty, muscular, peppy, potent, powerful, powerhouse, prospering, prosperous, roaring, robustious, robustuous, rough, rugged, sinewy, snappy, sound, stout, strapping, sturdy, thriving, tiger, tough, vigorous, vital, well, wicked*, zappy, zippy
Antonyms: flabby, infirm, soft, unhealthy, weak
Main Entry: stalwart
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: strong, valiant
Synonyms: athletic, bold, bound, bound and determined, brave, brawny, brick-wall, courageous, daring, dauntless, dead set on, dependable, fearless, forceful, gutsy, hanging tough, hefty, husky, indomitable, intrepid, lusty, muscular, nervy, powerhouse, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, solid, spunky*, staunch, steamroller, stout, stouthearted, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, vigorous
Antonyms: cowardly, meek, weak
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