powerhouses
Leaders in strength
Powerhouses are sources of great energy, influence, or productivity.
The term originally meant a building housing machinery that generates electrical power.
Now it usually describes people, organizations, or nations with exceptional capability or dominance in their field: Germany is an economic powerhouse, She's a powerhouse in the courtroom.
A powerhouse performance is one of extraordinary force or impact.
Successive rulers from one family
- championsContest winners, top performers
- franchisesLicensed business operations
- all-starsSelected elite players
- titleholdersCurrent holders of supremacy
trophy winners · athletic programs · superstars · hall-of-famers
Energy from charged particles
- generatorsDevices converting motion to electricity
- turbinesBlade-driven power converters
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- megawattsMillion-watt units
kilowatts · nuclear · hydroelectric · coal-fired · natural gas · solar farms · wind farms · substations
Dominant powerful figures
- mogulsBumps or bigwigs
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
- influential figuresPeople with significant sway
captains of industry · decision-makers · trailblazers · heavyweights · kingmakers · movers and shakers · executives · founders
Industrial product creation
- industryEconomic production sector
- exportsGoods sold abroad
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- tradeExchange of commodities
production · factories · conglomerates · corporations · Silicon Valley · Wall Street · Shenzhen · Frankfurt
Cell's energy-producing organelles
- ATPCell's energy molecule
- energy productionCreating usable power supply
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- organellesSpecialized cell subunits
Bay Area tech corridor
- tech giantsLargest digital corporations
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- breakthroughsSudden significant advances
disruption · entrepreneurship · research institutions · MIT · DARPA · incubators · venture capital · cutting-edge
Capabilities beyond human limits
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- influencePower to affect others
- global playersInfluential international entities
- G7Leading economies' summit group
G20 · Security Council · spheres of influence · diplomacy · alliances · world stage
dynasties
Successive rulers from one family
- championsContest winners, top performers
- franchisesLicensed business operations
- all-starsSelected elite players
titleholders · trophy winners · athletic programs · superstars · hall-of-famers
electricity
Energy from charged particles
- generatorsDevices converting motion to electricity
- turbinesBlade-driven power converters
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
megawatts · kilowatts · nuclear · hydroelectric · coal-fired · natural gas · solar farms · wind farms · substations · transmission
titans
Dominant powerful figures
- mogulsBumps or bigwigs
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- visionariesThose who anticipate change
influential figures · captains of industry · decision-makers · trailblazers · heavyweights · kingmakers · movers and shakers · executives · founders · pioneers
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
trade · production · factories · conglomerates · corporations · Silicon Valley · Wall Street · Shenzhen · Frankfurt · emerging markets
mitochondria
Cell's energy-producing organelles
- ATPCell's energy molecule
- energy productionCreating usable power supply
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
Silicon Valley
Bay Area tech corridor
- tech giantsLargest digital corporations
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
breakthroughs · disruption · entrepreneurship · research institutions · MIT · DARPA · incubators · venture capital · cutting-edge · trailblazers
superpowers
Capabilities beyond human limits
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- influencePower to affect others
- global playersInfluential international entities
G7 · G20 · Security Council · spheres of influence · diplomacy · alliances · world stage
- powerhousestitans, giants, juggernauts, heavyweights, behemoths
- hydropowerhydropower, water turbine, dam, turbine, hydroelectricity
- Industrial Historyfactories, cotton mills, coal mines, mill ponds, sawmills
- famous peoplecelebrity, star, stars, legend, icon
- VIPscelebrities, superstars, head of state, stars, legend
- high energygamma rays, cosmic rays, particle accelerator, synchrotron, neutrinos
powerhousesweaklings
Physically or mentally feeble people
pushovers · lightweights · runts · wimps · paper tigers
powerhousesalso-rans
Defeated contestants collectively
nobodies · minnows · nonentities · doormats · bit players
powerhousesdead weights
Inert, burdensome masses
drains · duds · underperformers · sluggards · laggards