power basenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈpaʊə ˌbeɪs/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ ˌbeɪs/an area of a country or a group of people on which someone's power depends:
The industrial cities are the Labour Party's traditional power base.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Power to control
- ascendancy
- big beast
- buy-in
- chairmanship
- determination
- discipline
- dominant
- juice
- leadership
- lever
- manipulation
- mastery
- muscle
- oversight
- sphere of influence
- spin control
- state-controlled
- states' rights
- supervision
- tooth
See more results »