potency

Meanings

Plural: potencies

Noun

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  • "a place of potency in the state"
• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
  • "the toxin's potency"
• the inherent capacity for coming into being
• the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
• Power, authority.
• The ability or capacity to perform something
• The ability or capacity to perform something
• Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
• Concentration; strength
• Potentiality, ability, capacity.
• Cardinality.

Synonyms

authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, effectiveness, potence, potential, potentiality, say-so, strength

Antonyms

impotence, impotency

Related Words

impotence, impotent, potence, potent, potentate, potential, potentiality