Powerful

Word POWERFUL
Character 8
Hyphenation pow er ful
Pronunciations /ˈpaʊəfl/

Definitions and meanings of "Powerful"

What do we mean by powerful?

Having or capable of exerting power. adjective

Effective or potent. adjective

Great. adjective

Very. adverb

Exerting great force or power; able to produce great physical effects; strong; efficient: as, a powerful engine; a powerful blow; a powerful medicine.

Having great authority; puissant; potent; mighty: as, a powerful nation.

Characterized by great intellectual power.

Having great influence or moral power; cogent; efficacious.

Great; numerous; numerically large. Compare power, 10.

Synonyms Puissant, forcible, cogent, influential; vigorous, robust, sturdy.

Very: as, powerful good; powerful weak.

Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense adjective

Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. adjective

Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence. adjective

Large; capacious; said of veins of ore. adjective

Having great power or force or potency or effect adjective

Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm adjective

Having great influence adjective

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

Displaying superhuman strength or power adjective

Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.

Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Powerful

The word "powerful" in example sentences

Tyler Sudley would break out, addressing the teacher, all unmindful of scholastic etiquette, a flush of pleasure rising to his swarthy cheek as he thrust back his wide black hat on his long dark hair and turned his candid gray eyes, all aglow, upon the cadaverous, ascetic preceptor, "ain't Lee-yander a-gittin 'on powerful, _powerful_ fas' with his book?" ❋ Mary Noailles Murfree (1886)

In reality, my word "powerful" does not do justice to the influence of Scots-Irish culture at the ballot box. ❋ Dave "Mudcat" Saunders (2011)

Rape by the powerful is an everyday hazard in Uzbekistan, again as outlined in Murder in Samarkand page 120. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now that's what I call a powerful Christian sermon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you read enough Ayn Rand, your frontal lobes decay to the point where you confuse pleasing rationalizations for fact, and come to believe that grovelling worship of the powerful is the same as defending liberty. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Squashing the powerful is an essential media skill, a leveling device that helps keep democracy democratic. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Mphahlwa also pointed a finger at what he described as powerful ❋ Unknown (2005)

MANN: Let me ask you about something else that we just heard from the secretary of defense who described the U.S. facing what he called a powerful and terrible enemy. ❋ Unknown (2001)

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Gore will declare America's whole future is at stake in this election and will pledge to fight against what he calls powerful forces, powerful interests, and a culture of too much meanness and not enough meaning. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Campaigners hailed what they described as a powerful new weapon in the three-decade war against AIDS. ❋ Unknown (2011)

North Korea has threatened to use what it describes as a powerful nuclear deterrence in response to a US-South Korea joint naval maneuver. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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