hyperpower
noun
hyperpower is a noun meaning “An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-P-O-W-E-R, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hyperpower is hyperpowers.
What does hyperpower mean?
noun
- 1
An international hegemon, more powerful than a superpower.
- 2
Tetration.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperpower
- hyperpowers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperpower?
Hyperpower appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperpower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense international hegemon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hyperpuissance |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperpower come from?
From hyper- + power.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).