|
|
- pronunciation:
- po
t
 n
si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
potencies |
| definition 1: |
the condition of being potent; strength; effectiveness.
The potency of herbal medications can vary greatly.- antonyms:
- impotence
- similar words:
- force, strength, vigor
|
| definition 2: |
capacity for positive change or growth.
- similar words:
- vigor
|
| definition 3: |
something or someone with power, strength, or effectiveness.
- similar words:
- force
|
| related words: |
ability, bite, brawn, effect, energy, force, influence, kick, promise, virtue |
adjective + (n.)potency
accidental, active, antioxidant, biological, creative, evaluative, extraordinary, growing, high, imagined, increased, magical, male, maximum, sexual, spiritual, supernatural, toxic, uncertain
verb + (n.)potency
acknowledge, affect, combine, demonstrate, derive, dilute, diminish, double, elicit, enhance, increase, lend, lose, preserve, recognize, regain, restore, retain, underestimate
(n.)potency
+ verb
arise, destroy, vary
noun + (n.)potency
additive,
alcohol,
conviction,
criteria,
desire,
dosage,
drug,
evaluation,
language,
loss,
marijuana,
pill,
potion,
proof,
psychology,
purity,
rank,
soul,
spell,
strength,
symbol
[See all][See only the most frequent]
|
The word potency
contains the following parts:
poss, pot
Latin
root
that means able; power
  Example words:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
|