powerhouse

pow·er·house

noun \ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌhau̇s\

Definition of POWERHOUSE

1

a : power plant 1

b : a source of influence or inspiration

2

: one having great power: as

a : one having great drive, energy, or ability <a powerhouse rock band>

b : an athletic team characterized by strong aggressive play

Examples of POWERHOUSE

1. The country is an economic powerhouse.
2. Their company became a powerhouse in the video game industry.
3. She's a powerhouse on the tennis court.
4. This year's team is a powerhouse that's winning its games easily.
5. Seaweed is a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals.
6. He is a powerhouse of ideas.

First Known Use of POWERHOUSE

circa 1889

Related to POWERHOUSE

Synonyms

bootstrapper, go-ahead, highflier (or highflyer), hummer, hustler, live wire, go–getter, rustler, self-starter

Related Words

eager beaver; achiever, comer, doer, enterpriser; he-man, individualist

Near Antonyms

dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, putterer, trifler; goldbrick, malingerer, procrastinator, shirker, slacker; drone, lazybones, sluggard; dallier, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud; ignorer, ne'er-do-well, neglecter; daydreamer, dreamer; dropout, quitter

Rhymes with POWERHOUSE

barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, cat and mouse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, customhouse, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, Mickey Mouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, open house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, summerhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse