noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Electricity generated in a large plant that is tied into a regional network, on a larger scale than was common in the early years of commercial electricity production.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A tetration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: power tower
Antonyms: superlogarithm
5
noun
Meaning 5
Excessive or superior power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To give extraordinary powers to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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7
noun
Meaning 7
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: world power, major power, great power, power
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
Narrower terms: hegemon
History
Etymology
From super- + power.
Across languages
Translations
108 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
superfuqi
— sovereign state
Arabic:
قُوَى عُظْمَى
(quwā ʕuẓmā)
— sovereign state
Armenian:
գերտերություն
(gerterutʻyun)
— sovereign state
Azerbaijani:
fövqəldövlət
— sovereign state
Azerbaijani:
super güc
— sovereign state
Basque:
superpotentzia
— sovereign state
Belarusian:
звышдзяржа́ва
(zvyšdzjaržáva)
— sovereign state
Belarusian:
супердзяржа́ва
(supjerdzjaržáva)
— sovereign state
Belarusian:
супэрдзяржа́ва
(superdzjaržáva)
— sovereign state
Bengali:
পরাশক্তি
(poraśokti)
— sovereign state
Bulgarian:
свръхдържа́ва
(svrǎhdǎržáva)
— sovereign state
Bulgarian:
свръхси́ла
(svrǎhsíla)
— sovereign state
Burmese:
စူပါပါဝါ
(cupapawa)
— sovereign state
Chinese Cantonese:
超級大國 /超级大国
(ciu1 kap1 daai6 gwok3)
— sovereign state
Chinese Mandarin:
超級大國 /超级大国
(chāojídàguó)
— sovereign state
Czech:
supervelmoc
— sovereign state
Czech:
velmoc
— sovereign state
Danish:
supermagt
— sovereign state
Dutch:
grootmacht
— sovereign state
Dutch:
supermacht
— sovereign state
Estonian:
superjõud
— sovereign state
Estonian:
üliriik
— sovereign state
Finnish:
supervalta
— sovereign state
French:
superpuissance
— sovereign state
Galician:
superpotencia
— sovereign state
Georgian:
ზესახელმწიფო
(zesaxelmc̣ipo)
— sovereign state
German:
Supermacht
— sovereign state
Greek:
υπερδύναμη
(yperdýnami)
— sovereign state
Hebrew:
מַעֲצָמָה
(ma'atsáma)
— sovereign state
Hindi:
परमशक्ति
(paramśakti)
— sovereign state
Hungarian:
szuperhatalom
— sovereign state
Icelandic:
stórveldi
— sovereign state
Indonesian:
adikuasa
— sovereign state
Indonesian:
adidaya
— sovereign state
Italian:
superpotenza
— sovereign state
Japanese:
超大国
(chōtaikoku)
— sovereign state
Japanese:
スーパーパワー
(sūpāpawā)
— sovereign state
Kazakh:
астам держава
(astam derjava)
— sovereign state
Kazakh:
супер күш
(super küş)
— sovereign state
Khmer:
អភិមហាអំណាច
(ʼaʼphiʼ mĕəʼhaa ʼɑmnaac)
— sovereign state
Korean:
초강대국
(chogangdaeguk)
— sovereign state
Korean:
초대국
(chodaeguk)
— sovereign state
Kyrgyz:
сверхдержава
(sverhderjava)
— sovereign state
Kyrgyz:
суперкүч
(superküc)
— sovereign state
Lao:
ອະພິມະຫາອໍານາດ
(ʼa phi ma hā ʼam nāt)
— sovereign state
Latvian:
superlielvalsts
— sovereign state
Lithuanian:
supervalstybė
— sovereign state
Lithuanian:
supergalybė
— sovereign state
Macedonian:
су́перси́ла
(súpersíla)
— sovereign state
Malay:
adikuasa
— sovereign state
Norwegian Bokmål:
supermakt
— sovereign state
Norwegian Nynorsk:
supermakt
— sovereign state
Pannonian Rusyn:
суперсила
(supersila)
— sovereign state
Iranian Persian:
اَبَرْقُدْرَت
(abarġodrat)
— sovereign state
Polish:
supermocarstwo
— sovereign state
Polish:
mocarstwo
— sovereign state
Portuguese:
superpotência
— sovereign state
Romanian:
superputere
— sovereign state
Russian:
сверхдержа́ва
(sverxderžáva)
— sovereign state
Russian:
супердержа́ва
(superderžáva)
— sovereign state
Serbo-Croatian:
суперсила
— sovereign state
Serbo-Croatian:
supersila
— sovereign state
Slovak:
superveľmoc
— sovereign state
Slovak:
veľmoc
— sovereign state
Slovene:
velesila
— sovereign state
Slovene:
supersila
— sovereign state
Spanish:
superpotencia
— sovereign state
Spanish:
hiperpotencia
— sovereign state
Swedish:
supermakt
— sovereign state
Swedish:
världsmakt
— sovereign state
Swedish:
världsvälde
— sovereign state
Swedish:
stormakt
— sovereign state
Tajik:
абарқудрат
(abarqudrat)
— sovereign state
Tamil:
வல்லரசு
(vallaracu)
— sovereign state
Telugu:
అగ్రరాజ్యము
(agrarājyamu)
— sovereign state
Thai:
อภิมหาอํานาจ
(à-pí-má-hǎa-am-nâat)
— sovereign state
Turkish:
süper güç
— sovereign state
Ukrainian:
наддержа́ва
(nadderžáva)
— sovereign state
Ukrainian:
супердержа́ва
(superderžáva)
— sovereign state
Urdu:
عالَمی طاقَت
('ālamī tāqat)
— sovereign state