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   adjective

   • 1. having great power or strength: "a fast, powerful car" Similar strongmuscularmusclysturdystrappingrobustmightyheftybrawnyburlyhuskyathleticmanlywell builtHerculeantoughsolidsubstantiallustyinformal:beefyhunkyrippedshreddedbuffjackeddated:stalwartliterary:starkthewyviolentforcefulheavyhardmightyvigorousheftythunderousOpposite weakgentle
   • ▪ (of a person, organization, or country) having control and influence over people and events: "the world's most powerful nation" Similar influentialstronghigh-poweredimportantcontrollingdominantcommandingpotentforcefulvigorousdynamicformidableredoubtableinformal:bighigh-octaneliterary:puissantOpposite weakpowerless
   • ▪ having a strong effect on people's feelings or thoughts: "his photomontages are powerful antiwar images" Similar cogentcompellingconvincingpersuasiveeloquentimpressivestrikingtellinginfluentialforcefulstrongeffectivedramaticpassionategraphicvividmovingpotentauthoritativegreatweightyvigorousforcibleirresistiblesubstantialOpposite ineffective

   adverb

   • 1. very: dialect "walking in this weather is powerful hot work"

   Derivatives

   • 1. powerfulness noun

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   Learn the meaning of powerful as an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Powerful means having great power, prestige, or influence, or leading to many or important deductions.

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   What is the difference between powerful and Mighty?

   • pow′er·ful·ness n. Our Living Language In the Upper Southern United States the words powerful and mighty are intensives used frequently in the same way as very: Your boy's grown powerful big. The new baby is mighty purty. Powerful is used as an adjective in some expressions: The storm did a powerful lot of harm.

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   What is the difference between powerful and potent?

   • Powerful, mighty, potent suggest great force or strength. Powerful suggests capability of exerting great force or overcoming strong resistance: a powerful machine like a bulldozer. Mighty, now chiefly rhetorical, implies uncommon or overwhelming strength of power: a mighty army. Potent implies great natural or inherent power: a potent influence.

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   Where did the word powerful come from?

   • First recorded in 1350–1400, powerful is from the Middle English word powarfull. See power, -ful Powerful, mighty, potent suggest great force or strength. Powerful suggests capability of exerting great force or overcoming strong resistance: a powerful machine like a bulldozer.

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   What is the difference between mighty and potent?

   • Mighty, now chiefly rhetorical, implies uncommon or overwhelming strength of power: a mighty army. Potent implies great natural or inherent power: a potent influence. The Senate, by happenstance rather than design, has evolved into what Jonathan Chait aptly terms “the most powerful source of institutional racism in American life.”

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   adjective. having or exerting great power or force. Synonyms: strong, forceful. Antonyms: weak. physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete. producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow. potent; efficacious: a powerful drug.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPOWERFUL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of powerful as an adjective in English, with synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples. Powerful can describe something that has a lot of control, strength, effect, or image size.

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   adjective. having great power or force or potency or effect. “the most powerful government in western Europe”. “his powerful arms”. “a powerful bomb”. “the horse's powerful kick”. “a powerful argument”. synonyms: impactful. effective, effectual, efficacious.

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   Learn the meaning of powerful as an adjective for control, strength and effect. See how to use it in sentences and compare it with synonyms and antonyms.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › powerfulPOWERFUL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. having great power, force, potency, or effect. 2. extremely effective or efficient in action. a powerful drug. a powerful lens. 3. dialect. large or great. a powerful amount of trouble.