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SUPERPOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superpower mean? 

SUPERPOWER (noun)
  The noun SUPERPOWER has 1 sense:

1. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the worldplay

  Familiarity information: SUPERPOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUPERPOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

great power; major power; power; superpower; world power

Hypernyms ("superpower" is a kind of...):

body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "superpower"):

hegemon (a leading or paramount power)


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