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   powerful

   /ˈpaʊəf(ʊ)l/

   adjective

   • 1. having great power or strength: "a fast, powerful car" Similar strongmuscularmusclysturdystrappingrobustmightyheftybrawnyburlyhuskyathleticmanlywell builtHerculeantoughsolidsubstantiallustyinformal:beefyhunkyrippedshreddedbuffjackeddated:stalwartliterary:starkthewyviolentforcefulheavyhardmightyvigorousheftythunderousOpposite weakgentle
   • ▪ 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 anti-war images" Similar cogentcompellingconvincingpersuasiveeloquentimpressivestrikingtellinginfluentialforcefulstrongeffectivedramaticpassionategraphicvividmovingpotentauthoritativegreatweightyvigorousforcibleirresistiblesubstantialOpposite ineffective

   adverb

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. powerfulness noun

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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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   What does powerful mean in English?

   • having or exerting great power or force. a large, powerful athlete. producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow. a powerful drug. a powerful nation. a powerful lot of money. dialect. dialect. First recorded in 1350–1400, powerful is from the Middle English word powarfull. See power, -ful

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   What is a powerful adjective?

   • (of a person or an animal) physically strong synonym muscular When she trots she covers ground like a powerful horse rather than a pony. Definition of powerful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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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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   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.

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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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