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powerful

Something that's powerful displays, well, power. Your neighbor who just finished training to be a fireman probably looks much more powerful than he used to.

We use powerful for many different senses of "strong." A powerful medicine is very effective. A powerful politician has more influence than most politicians. A powerful dog could probably knock you down. If you're reading a book written in folksy Southern vernacular, someone might use powerful to mean "very," as in, "that was a powerful good supper, Miss Jackson," or "you look powerful good tonight."

DEFINITIONS OF: powerful

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adj 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”
“powerful drugs”
“a powerful argument”
Synonyms
effective, effectual, efficacious
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
potent, stiff, strong
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent
having unlimited power
coercive
serving or intended to coerce
compelling
driving or forcing
mighty
having or showing great strength or force or intensity
muscular
having or suggesting great physical power or force
potent, strong
having or wielding force or authority
puissant
powerful
regent
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
regnant, reigning, ruling
exercising power or authority
strong
having strength or power greater than average or expected
Antonyms:
powerless
lacking power
ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective
not producing an intended effect
impotent
lacking power or ability
feeble, nerveless
lacking strength
helpless, incapacitated
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
low-powered
having little power to do work
weak
not having authority, political strength, or governing power
weak
wanting in physical strength
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adj strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

Synonyms:
knock-down
strong
having strength or power greater than average or expected

adj (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

“powerful arms”
Synonyms:
brawny, hefty, muscular, sinewy
strong
having strength or power greater than average or expected

adj displaying superhuman strength or power

Synonyms:
herculean
superhuman
above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance

adj having great influence

Synonyms:
potent
influential
having or exercising influence or power

adv (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

“it is powerful humid”
“that boy is powerful big now”
Synonyms:
mightily, mighty, right
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