Synonyms of powerhouses

powerhouses

noun

plural of powerhouse

as in achievers

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

from the very start of her singing career, she had a reputation for being a very determined powerhouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• achievers
• highfliers
• self-starters
• enterprisers
• go-getters
• hustlers
• bootstrappers
• go-aheads
• live wires
• hummers
• doers
• eager beavers
• comers
• individualists
• he-men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafers
• idlers
• slackers
• dawdlers
• triflers
• shirkers
• laggards
• loungers
• procrastinators
• drones
• putterers
• sluggards
• malingerers
• goldbricks
• slowpokes
• lazybones
• lingerers
• dreamers
• loiterers
• neglecters
• ignorers
• dropouts
• daydreamers
• stick-in-the-muds
• dalliers
• quitters
• ne'er-do-wells

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of powerhouses

Sienna Spiro The British soul singer has been one of the buzziest acts in the industry this year, with a generational voice drawing comparisons to fellow English powerhouses Adele and Amy Winehouse. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Among its biggest winners are vocal powerhouses Adele and Olivia Rodrigo, though the category is not without its surprises. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

The Behind Their Lens series, presented in partnership with IndieWire, celebrates cinematic powerhouses who defied the odds and obstacles to bring us some of the most influential and poignant films and television series in recent years. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

Pierre-Antoine Capton, co-founder and chairman of Mediawan, one of Europe’s top production powerhouses and biggest consolidators, believes Ellison’s commitments will hold. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

The customers on Transporter-18 ranged from tech powerhouses like Google to scrappy startups like Starfish Space, alongside top remote sensing companies such as Planet Labs and ICEYE. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Particularly with ratings on the decline thus far in 2026, as well as even traditional powerhouses like Penn State struggling to sell out their stadiums, teams could sell season ticket packages on the promise of seeing big games. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Thomas County Central inched up in the national rankings and Lee County took a tumble after the two South Georgia powerhouses met in Leesburg last week. — Chip Saye, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Bernstein analysts are still wildly bullish on two AI semiconductor powerhouses, despite calls to slow down the development of the most advanced models and rekindled investor enthusiasm for a competing part of the AI chip ecosystem. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026