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peppiness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go*, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice*, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch*, spirit, spontaneity, sprightliness, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | performance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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able, able-bodied, adamantine, adequate, all-powerful, almighty, antaean, athletic, atlantean, bellipotent, brawny, broad-shouldered, buirdly, capable, cervicose, cogent, competent, cryptodynamic, cyclopean, deep-rooted, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, endothermic, equal to, exothermic, forcible, galliard, gigantic, hard, hardy, herculean, ignipotent, impregnable, in fine feather, in full force, in full swing, in high feather, in the plenitude of power, incontestable, indomitable, inextinguishable, influential, invincible, irresistible, like a giant refreshed, made of iron, male, manful, manlike, manly, masculine, maximious, mighty, more than a match for, multipotent, muscular, omnipotent, overpowering, overwhelming, plenipotent, potent, potential, powerful, productive, proof against, puissant, resistless, robust, rounceval, sinewy, sound as a roach, sovereign, stalwart, sthenic, stout, strapping, strong, strong as a horse, strong as a lion, strong as brandy, stubborn, sturdy, thick-ribbed, unallayed, unconquerable, unexhausted, unquenchable, unshaken, unweakened, unwithered, unworn, up to, valid, vigorous, virile, well-knit, wight, wiry, yauld
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| Concept: | [Constant sequent] Effect. |
| Category: | 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS |
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effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud., production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot; firstfruits, firstlings; heredity, telegony; premises.
-verbs
be the effect of ; be due to, be owing to; originate in, originate from; rise, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from; come to, come of, come out of; depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon., take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
-adjectives
owing to; resulting from; derivable from; due to; caused by; dependent upon; derived from, evolved from; derivative; hereditary; telegonous.
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of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
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cela va sans dire ["That goes without saying" (French)], "thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew].
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| Antonyms: | cause |
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| Concept: | Power. |
| Category: | 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT |
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power; potency, potentiality; jiva; puissance, might, force, energy; dint; right hand, right arm; ascendency, sway, control; prepotency, prepollence; almightiness, omnipotence; authority; strength., ability; ableness; competency; efficacy; efficiency; validity, cogency; enablement; vantage ground; influence., pressure; conductivity; elasticity; gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism; attraction; vis inertiae, vis mortua, vis viva [Latin]; potential energy, dynamic energy; dynamic friction, dynamic suction; live circuit, live rail, live wire., capability, capacity; quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent [Latin]; faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility.
-verbs
be powerful; gain power., belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can., give power, confer power, exercise power; empower, enable, invest; indue, endue; endow, arm; strengthen; compel.
-adjectives
powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent; almighty., forcible (energetic); influential; productive.
-adverbs
powerfully; by virtue of, by dint of.
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à toute force ["At full strength" (French)]; eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis ["He has snatched away the thunderbolt from heaven and the scepter from the sovereign"
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| Antonyms: | impotence |
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| Concept: | [Degree of power] Strength. |
| Category: | 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT |
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strength; power; energy; vigor, force; main force, physical force, brute force; spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity., stoutness; lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique; pith, pithiness; virility, 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; invigoration, refreshment, refocillation., [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
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be strong, be stronger; overmatch., render strong; give strength; 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; refect; reenforce (restore).
-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.
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strongly; by force; by main force (by compulsion).
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"our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | weakness |
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| Concept: | Utility. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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utility; usefulness; efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help (aid); applicability; subservience (instrumentality); function (business); value; worth (goodness); money's worth; productiveness; cui bono (intention); utilization (use) step in the right direction., common weal; commonwealth, public good, public interest; utilitarianism (philanthropy).
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be useful; avail, serve; subserve (be instrumental to); conduce (tend); answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose, serve a purpose., act a part (action); perform a function, discharge a function; render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service; bestead, stand one in good stead be the making of; help., bear fruit (produce); bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit (do good)., find one's account in, find one's advantage in; reap the benefit of (be better for). render useful (use) [more].
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useful; of use; serviceable, proficuous, good for; subservient (instrumental); conducive (tending); subsidiary (helping)., advantageous (beneficial); profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt; valuable; prolific (productive)., adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient., applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible; commodious, adaptable; of all work.
-adverbs
usefully; pro bono publico.
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| Antonyms: | inutility |
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