Phrase guide

great power

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A state that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: international relations

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: world power, major power, power, superpower

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic

Narrower terms: hegemon

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fuqi e madhe — powerful state
  • Southern Altai: улу держава (ulu deržava) — powerful state
  • Southern Altai: улу кӱч (ulu küč) — powerful state
  • Southern Altai: бийик кӱч (biyik küč) — powerful state
  • Arabic: قُوَّة عُظْمَى (quwwa ʕuẓmā) — powerful state
  • Armenian: մեծ տերություն (mec terutʻyun) — powerful state
  • Azerbaijani: böyük güc — powerful state
  • Belarusian: вялі́кая дзяржа́ва (vjalíkaja dzjaržáva) — powerful state
  • Bengali: মহা শক্তি (moha śokti) — powerful state
  • Bulgarian: вели́ка си́ла (velíka síla) — powerful state
  • Bulgarian: вели́ка държа́ва (velíka dǎržáva) — powerful state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大國 /大国 (dàguó) — powerful state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強國 /强国 (qiángguó) — powerful state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 列強 /列强 (lièqiáng) — powerful state
  • Czech: velmoc — powerful state
  • Danish: stormagt — powerful state
  • Dutch: grootmacht — powerful state
  • Dutch: grote mogendheid — powerful state
  • Estonian: suurriik — powerful state
  • Finnish: suurvalta — powerful state
  • French: grande puissance — powerful state
  • Georgian: დიდი სახელმწიფო (didi saxelmc̣ipo) — powerful state
  • German: Großmacht — powerful state
  • Greek: μεγάλη δύναμη (megáli dýnami) — powerful state
  • Hebrew: מַעֲצָמָה (ma'atsáma) — powerful state
  • Hindi: महाशक्ति (mahāśakti) — powerful state
  • Hungarian: nagyhatalom — powerful state
  • Icelandic: stórveldi — powerful state
  • Indonesian: kekuatan besar — powerful state
  • Italian: grande potenza — powerful state
  • Japanese: 列強 (rekkyō) — powerful state
  • Japanese: 大国 (taikoku) — powerful state
  • Kazakh: ұлы держава (ūly derjava) — powerful state
  • Kazakh: ұлы күш (ūly küş) — powerful state
  • Khmer: មហាអំណាច (mĕəʼhaa ʼɑmnaac) — powerful state
  • Korean: 강대국 (gangdaeguk) — powerful state
  • Korean: 열강 (yeolgang) — powerful state
  • Korean: 대국 (daeguk) — powerful state
  • Kyrgyz: улуу күч (uluu küc) — powerful state
  • Lao: ມະຫາອໍານາດ (ma hā ʼam nāt) — powerful state
  • Latvian: lielvalsts — powerful state
  • Lithuanian: didžioji valstybė — powerful state
  • Macedonian: велеси́ла (velesíla) — powerful state
  • Malay: kuasa besar — powerful state
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stormakt — powerful state
  • Iranian Persian: قُدْرَتِ بُزُرْگ (ġodrat-e bozorg) — powerful state
  • Polish: wielkie mocarstwo — powerful state
  • Romanian: mare putere — powerful state
  • Russian: вели́кая держа́ва (velíkaja deržáva) — powerful state
  • Serbo-Croatian: велесѝла — powerful state
  • Serbo-Croatian: велика сила — powerful state
  • Serbo-Croatian: velesìla — powerful state
  • Serbo-Croatian: velika sila — powerful state
  • Slovak: veľmoc — powerful state
  • Slovene: velika sila — powerful state
  • Spanish: gran potencia — powerful state
  • Swedish: stormakt — powerful state
  • Tajik: қудрати бузург (qudrat-i buzurg) — powerful state
  • Thai: มหาอํานาจ (má-hǎa-am-nâat) — powerful state
  • Tibetan: སྟོབས་ཆེན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ (stobs chen rgyal khab) — powerful state
  • Turkish: büyük güç — powerful state
  • Turkmen: uly güýç — powerful state
  • Ukrainian: вели́ка держа́ва (velýka deržáva) — powerful state
  • Uzbek: buyuk kuch — powerful state
  • Vietnamese: đại cường quốc — powerful state