- potency, effectiveness, strength - capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
--1 is a kind of power, powerfulness
- potential, potentiality, potency - the inherent capacity for coming into being
--2 is a kind of possibility, possibleness
--2 has particulars: latency; prospect - potency - the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
--3 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition