potency

Other forms of potency

plural

potencies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about potency

What does potency mean?

potency means "the power or right to give orders or make decisions". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in potency?

potency has 3 syllables: po-ten-cy. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊtənsi/.

What is another word for potency?

Close synonyms include authority, authorization, authorisation, dominance, say-so. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of potency?

The recorded antonyms are impotency.

Is potency a common word?

potency is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.