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superpower

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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Antonyms: none provided

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
  • Uzbek: super kuch — sovereign state
  • Vietnamese: siêu cường — sovereign state
  • Vietnamese: siêu cường quốc — sovereign state
  • Vietnamese: liệt cường — sovereign state
  • Belarusian: суперсі́ла (supjersíla) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Chinese Mandarin: 超能力 (chāonénglì) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Czech: superschopnost — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Danish: superkraft — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Dutch: superkracht — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Finnish: supervoima — fictional extraordinary ability
  • French: superpouvoir — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Georgian: სუპერძალა (suṗerʒala) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Georgian: ზეძალა (zeʒala) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • German: Superkraft — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Indonesian: adidaya — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Italian: superpotere — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Japanese: スーパーパワー (sūpāpawā) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Macedonian: суперси́ла (supersíla) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Pannonian Rusyn: суперсила (supersila) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Polish: supermoc — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Portuguese: superpoder — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Russian: суперси́ла (supersíla) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Russian: сверхси́ла (sverxsíla) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Spanish: superpoder — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Swahili: uwezo wa ajabu — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Swedish: superkraft — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Ukrainian: суперси́ла (supersýla) — fictional extraordinary ability
  • Vietnamese: siêu năng lực — fictional extraordinary ability