impotency

English Thesaurus

1. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	quality,
definition	:	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	helplessness, impuissance, weakness,
definition	:	powerlessness revealed by an inability to act (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	unpersuasiveness,
definition	:	inability to persuade (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	uninterestingness,
definition	:	inability to capture or hold one's interest (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	voicelessness,
definition	:	having no voice in the management or control of affairs (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	paper tiger,
definition	:	the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness,
definition	:	lacking the power to be effective (noun.attribute)

2. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate (noun.state)

hypernym	:	infertility, sterility,
definition	:	the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate (noun.state)

hyponym	:	ed, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction,
definition	:	impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis (noun.state)

3. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	power, powerfulness,
definition	:	possession of controlling influence (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	impotent,
definition	:	lacking power or ability (adj.all)

derivation	:	powerless,
definition	:	lacking power (adj.all)

4. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate (noun.state)

antonym	:	potence, potency,
definition	:	the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse (noun.state)

derivation	:	impotent,
definition	:	(of a male) unable to copulate (adj.all)

5. the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	power, powerfulness,
definition	:	possession of controlling influence (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	impotent,
definition	:	lacking power or ability (adj.all)

derivation	:	powerless,
definition	:	lacking power (adj.all)

6. an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate (noun.state)

antonym	:	potence, potency,
definition	:	the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse (noun.state)

derivation	:	impotent,
definition	:	(of a male) unable to copulate (adj.all)