Puissance Synonyms

pwĭsəns, pyo͝oĭ-səns, pyo͝o-ĭsəns
Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. animation
  2. energy
  3. force
  4. might
  5. potency
  6. power
  7. sprightliness
  8. steam
  9. strength
  10. get-up-and-go
  11. go
  12. pep
  13. peppiness
  14. zip
The state or quality of being physically strong
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. might
  2. muscle
  3. potency
  4. power
  5. strength
  6. brawn
  7. clout
  8. potence
  9. energy
  10. force
  11. influence
  12. powerfulness
  13. sinew
  14. thew
  15. sway
  16. vigor

Words Related to Puissance

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. action
  2. strong
  3. l-ame
  4. fraternite

Puissance Sentence Examples

  • The only work he published was his Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres a developper cette puissance (Paris, 1824).

  • C. Loyseau, in his Traite des seigneuries (3rd ed., 1610, p. 14), explains that there are two kinds of public seigneuries, that is, sovereign seigneurs, possessing summum imperium, and suzerains, " Les suzeraines sont celles qui ont puissance superieure mais non supreme."

  • His attitude towards Napoleon was not lacking in independence, but in this controversy with the pope, the emperor was able again to secure from him the learned treatise Sur la puissance temporelie du Pape (1809).