Dictionary Definition
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
mihtNoun
Translations
personal power
physical strength
Etymology 2
meahteVerb
might- simple past of may
- Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
- I might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.
- Used to indicate permission in simple past
tense.
- He asked me if he might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.
Conjugation
Translations
indicator of conditional or possible actions
See also
Extensive Definition
Might may refer to:
- Physical strength/ability or social influence/power
- Might, an English auxiliary verb, a verb whose function it is to give further semantic or syntactic information about the main or full verb which follows it
- "Might", a song by Modest Mouse from their 1996 album This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
- Might, a magazine founded by American author Dave Eggers' in the 1990s, also featured in his autobiographical novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000)
- Might is the past tense for may
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adequacy, amperage, ampleness, amplitude, arm, armipotence, ascendancy, authoritativeness,
authority, beef, black power, boundlessness, brawn, brute force, bulk, capability, capacity, charge, charisma, clout, cogence, cogency, command, competence, compulsion, control, decisiveness, dint, domination, dominion, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, endurance, energy, enormity, enormousness, expanse, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, formidableness, fortitude, full blast, full
force, fullness,
gigantism, grandeur, grandness, great scope,
greatness, guts, gutsiness, hardiness, heartiness, hugeness, immensity, infinity, influence, intensity, intestinal
fortitude, jurisdiction, largeness, lustihood, lustiness, magisterialness,
magnitude, main force,
main strength, mana,
mastery, might and main,
mightiness, moxie, muchness, muscle, muscle power, obstinacy, pizzazz, plenitude, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power
structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, prodigiousness, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, qualification, robustness, ruggedness, sinew, stalwartness, stamina, staying power, steam, sticking power, stoutness, strength, strength of will,
strenuousness,
strings, strong arm,
stupendousness,
sturdiness, superiority, superpower, sway, thew, toughness, tremendousness, validity, vastness, vehemence, vigor, vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight