mights

Forces of capability

Mights is the plural of might as a noun, referring to instances or types of power or strength.

The noun might means force or capacity: the might of the Roman legions, economic might.

The plural appears in contexts comparing different powers or in phrases like mights and maybes, where it pairs with other modal verbs used as nouns to describe possibilities or uncertainties.

power

strength

Power to exert force

forceStrength or compulsion
potencyDegree of strength
vigorActive physical strength

dominance · authority · command · supremacy · prowess · muscle · brawn · clout · puissance · powerfulness

possibility

maybes

Noncommittal answers

uncertaintiesStates of incomplete knowledge
contingenciesPossible future events
conditionalsStatements requiring conditions

hypotheticals · potentials · probabilities · likelihoods · chances · prospects · scenarios · eventualities · speculation · conjecture

latent

potentials

Unrealized future capabilities

military

armies

Organized military forces

forcesCauses of motion
legionsGreat many, or armies
battalionsLarge organized military units

regiments · troops · warriors · soldiers · armaments · arsenals · firepower · cavalry · infantry

Opposites

power/strength

mightsweaknesses

Points of vulnerability

frailties · impotences · incapacities · inabilities · debilities

certainty/modality

mightscertainties

Assured truths

definites · musts · absolutes · guarantees · actualities

Phrases

might beExpresses possibility
might as wellConceding there's no objection
high and mightyImperiously self-important
might havePast possibility expressed
the pen is mightier than the swordWritten word conquers violence
mighty fortress

Family

might, mighty, almighty, mightiest, mightier, mightiness, mightn't

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