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powerful
[ pou-er-fuhl ]
adjective
- having or exerting great power or force.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- physically strong, as a person:
a large, powerful athlete.
- producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow.
- potent; efficacious:
a powerful drug.
- having great effectiveness, as a speech, speaker, description, reason, etc.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- having great power, authority, or influence; mighty:
a powerful nation.
- Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. great in number or amount:
a powerful lot of money.
powerful
/ ˈ貹ʊəʊ /
adjective
- having great power, force, potency, or effect
- extremely effective or efficient in action
a powerful drug
a powerful lens
- dialect.large or great
a powerful amount of trouble
adverb
- dialect.extremely; very
he ran powerful fast
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɱڳܱԱ, noun
- ˈǷɱڳܱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- Ƿİ·ڳܱ· adverb
- Ƿİ·ڳܱ·Ա noun
- v·Ƿİ·ڳܱ adjective
- over·Ƿİ·ڳܱ· adverb
- over·Ƿİ·ڳܱ·Ա noun
- ܲȴ-Ƿİ·ڳܱ adjective
- quasi-Ƿİ·ڳܱ· adverb
- p·Ƿİ·ڳܱ adjective
- ܱt·Ƿİ·ڳܱ adjective
- ܲ·Ƿİ·ڳܱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They acknowledged a powerful “Desolation Row,” but also rose to applaud a particularly intense “Black Rider,” from Dylan’s most recent album.
He was also faced with a powerful and often critical media.
“Not having anyone to recruit their opinions or participation, the Vietnamese organized themselves into a powerful voting bloc and from then on, you saw all kinds of candidates running for all kinds of seats.”
Fauxitude takes on another more general but profound meaning when we are required to maintain a falsely pleasant and accommodating attitude, regardless of our true feelings, powerful ideas and drive to collaborate and succeed.
The DfE said it wanted to make inspections "more powerful" and "more transparent".
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