powerhouse
/ˈpaʊəhaʊs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpaʊəhaʊs/
powerhouse
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po - wer - house -> powerhouse
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
powerhouse /'paƱǝhaƱs/ n (pl -houses /-haƱzÇz/)
စွမ်းစွမ်းတမံ ထုတ်ပေးသော ဌာန၊ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။ The department is seen as a powerhouse of new ideas.
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- powerhouse /'paƱǝhaƱs/ n ( pl -houses /-haƱzÇz/) စွမ်းစွမ်းတမံ ထုတ်ပေးသော ဌာန၊ ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။ The department is seen as a powerhouse of new ideas.
Synonyms
source of power, inspiration, thrust, motivation, motivating force, able, able-bodied, active, adept, adequate, agent, almighty, apparatus, appliance, artist, artiste, ascendancy, athletic, atomic power plant, authoritative, authority, authorization, backbone, ball of fire, barrel, beef, body, boisterous, bold, booming, boss, bound, bound and determined, brain, brave, brawn, brawniness, brawny, brick-wall, bruising, brute force, built, built to last, bulky, bullish, burly, capable, capital, center, charge, clout, cogent, coming on strong, command, commanding, compelling, competent, concentrated, constraining, contrivance, control, convincing, courage, courageous, credit, cylinder, daring, dauntless, dead set on, dependable, determined, diesel, direct, dominant, domination, dominion, doughty, driving force, durability, durable, dynamic, dynamical, dynamo, edge, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, egghead, electric, elemental, emphatic, energetic, energy, energy-producing station, esteem, expert, fan, fearless, fibrous, firm, firmness, fit, fit as fiddle, flourishing, force, forceful, forcible, fortitude, full-bodied, generating station, generator, go-getter, goods, government, great, guts, gutsy, hale, hanging tough, hardiness, hardy, having lead in pencil, health, healthiness, healthy, heart, hearty, hefty, herculean, horses, hotshot, hulk, hulking, hulky, hunk, husky, hydroelectric plant, hydroelectric scheme, implement, impressive, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in the pink, indomitable, influence, influential, instrument, intrepid, juice, jump, jurisdiction, leg up, license, live, live wire, lustiness, lusty, mastery
Antonyms
afraid, amateur, apathetic, apathy, apprentice, attenuated, breach, break, calm, cowardice, cowardly, delicate, disability, disabled, disadvantage, easy, enervation, fear, fearful, feeble, flabby, fragile, fruitless, greenhorn, helpless, idle, idleness, impotence, impotent, inability, inactive, inactivity, inadequate, incapable, incapacity, incompetence, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficiency, inefficient, inferiority, infirm, infirmity, inoperative, insecurity, insignificant, instability, insufficient, lack, laziness, lethargic, lethargy, meek, mild, moderate, passive, powerless, powerlessness, prohibition, quiet, reticent, retiring, rookie, shy, skinny, slight, small, soft, submission, subordination, subservience, surrender, thin, timid, timidity, tiny, unable, uncertainty, undependable
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