superstrength

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noun

Remarkable strength, above and beyond that of normal human strength.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounsuperstrength (plural superstrengths)

plural superstrengths

  1. Remarkable strength, above and beyond that of normal human strength.

    Up to this point we have been concentrating on varying combinations of strength and endurance, but we will now turn to methods of developing either superstrength or superendurance with weights.

    1987, Ken Sprague, The Gold's Gym Book of Strength Training for Athletes, Berkley, →ISBN, →OL, page 347
  2. Remarkable strength, containing a higher percentage of alcohol than is typical or expected. (of an alcoholic beverage)

    The potency of such a beer is typically 4 to 5 percent ABV (alcohol by volume), although low-alcohol and superstrength beers are also available.

    2012, Michael J. Kuhar, Howard A. Liddle, Drugs of Abuse, page 19
  3. Superhuman strength

    They have the power to make things happen, see the future, and kill off bad guys, but they rarely have the superstrength of Superman, which would make them too unfeminine.

    2006 August 8, Sharon Lamb with Lyn Mikel Brown, Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 96

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishstrength
  8. Englishsuperstrength

From super- + strength.

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APA

superstrength. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superstrength

MLA

“superstrength.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superstrength. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superstrength,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superstrength.

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