superhuman strength
Mythical physical might
Superhuman strength is physical power beyond normal human capacity—the ability to lift cars, bend steel, or perform feats impossible for ordinary people.
The term appears most often in comic books and action movies: The serum gave him superhuman strength.
Outside fiction, it describes extraordinary displays of power, sometimes attributed to adrenaline: With superhuman strength, she lifted the beam off her trapped child.
- HerculeanRequiring superhuman strength
- titanDominant figure in field
- bruteCruel, violent person
- brute forcePower over technique
- muscleContractile body tissue
iron · iron grip · unstoppable · invincible · colossus · mighty · raw power · feats of strength · crushing · lifting · smashing · bare hands · godlike · hulking · towering · unbreakable · forceful · overwhelming
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
- tall talesPaul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett
- Wonder WomanThemyscira, bracelets, tiara, warrior princess, Amazons
- mythic powersimmortality, invincibility, invulnerability, omnipotence, omniscience
- siddhisanima, levitation, telekinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance
- DemigodsHercules, Achilles, Perseus, Theseus, Aeneas
superhuman strengthinfirmity
Weakness from illness or age
feebleness · enfeeblement · decrepitude · fragility · puniness
superhuman strengthmental acuity
Sharpness of thought
psychic ability · spiritual strength · emotional resilience · willpower
superhuman, super, superb, superior, supremacy, supreme, human, humane, humanity