| powerful | | |
| adj. | 1. powerful | 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" |
| ~ effective, effectual, efficacious | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect.; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" |
| ~ potent, stiff, strong | having a strong physiological or chemical effect.; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"; "a stiff drink" |
| ~ all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent | having unlimited power. |
| ~ coercive | serving or intended to coerce.; "authority is directional instead of coercive" |
| ~ compelling | driving or forcing.; "compelling ambition" |
| ~ mighty | having or showing great strength or force or intensity.; "struck a mighty blow"; "the mighty logger Paul Bunyan"; "the pen is mightier than the sword" |
| ~ muscular | having or suggesting great physical power or force.; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony" |
| ~ potent, strong | having or wielding force or authority.; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" |
| ~ puissant | powerful. |
| ~ regent | acting or functioning as a regent or ruler.; "prince-regent" |
| ~ regnant, reigning, ruling | exercising power or authority. |
| ~ strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected.; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" |
| adj. | 2. knock-down, powerful | strong enough to knock down or overwhelm.; "a knock-down blow" |
| ~ strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected.; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" |
| adj. | 3. potent, powerful | having great influence. |
| ~ influential | having or exercising influence or power.; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace" |
| adj. | 4. brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy | (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" |
| ~ strong | having strength or power greater than average or expected.; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" |
| adj. | 5. herculean, powerful | displaying superhuman strength or power.; "herculean exertions" |
| ~ superhuman | above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance.; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery" |
| adv. | 6. mightily, mighty, powerful, right | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree.; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| almighty | | |
| n. (person) | 1. almighty, creator, divine, god almighty, godhead, jehovah, lord, maker | terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. |
| ~ god, supreme being | the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions. |
| ~ blessed trinity, holy trinity, sacred trinity, trinity | the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead. |
| ~ hypostasis of christ, hypostasis | any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united. |
| adj. | 2. all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent | having unlimited power. |
| ~ powerful | 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" |
| might | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. might, mightiness, power | physical strength. |
| ~ strength | the property of being physically or mentally strong.; "fatigue sapped his strength" |
| potency | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so | the power or right to give orders or make decisions.; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" |
| ~ power of appointment | authority given (in a will or deed) by a donor to a donee to appoint the beneficiaries of the donor's property. |
| ~ control | power to direct or determine.; "under control" |
| ~ carte blanche | complete freedom or authority to act. |
| ~ command | the power or authority to command.; "an admiral in command" |
| ~ imperium | supreme authority; absolute dominion. |
| ~ lordship | the authority of a lord. |
| ~ muscle | authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way).; "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign" |
| ~ sovereignty | the authority of a state to govern another state. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. effectiveness, potency, strength | capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" |
| ~ power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence.; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" |
| n. (state) | 3. potency, potential, potentiality | the inherent capacity for coming into being. |
| ~ possibleness, possibility | capability of existing or happening or being true.; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
| ~ latency | the state of being not yet evident or active. |
| ~ prospect, chance | the possibility of future success.; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" |
| n. (state) | 4. potence, potency | the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse. |
| ~ physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state | the condition or state of the body or bodily functions. |
| power | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence.; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ effectiveness, potency, strength | capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" |
| ~ valence, valency | (chemistry) a property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent). |
| ~ valence, valency | (biology) a relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate. |
| ~ preponderance | superiority in power or influence.; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power" |
| ~ puissance | power to influence or coerce.; "the puissance of the labor vote" |
| ~ persuasiveness, strength | the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty.; "the strength of his argument settled the matter" |
| ~ irresistibility, irresistibleness | the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist. |
| ~ interestingness, interest | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.).; "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" |
| ~ chokehold, stranglehold, throttlehold | complete power over a person or situation.; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public" |
| ~ sway | controlling influence. |
| ~ influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc.; "used her parents' influence to get the job" |
| ~ repellant, repellent | the power to repel.; "she knew many repellents to his advances" |
| ~ control | power to direct or determine.; "under control" |
| ~ jurisdiction, legal power | (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law.; "courts having jurisdiction in this district" |
| ~ disposal | the power to use something or someone.; "used all the resources at his disposal" |
| ~ free will, discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies. |
| ~ veto | the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature). |
| ~ effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness | power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. power | (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second). |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ physical phenomenon | a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy. |
| ~ electric power, electrical power, wattage | the product of voltage and current. |
| ~ waterpower | the power to do work that is latent in a head of water. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ know-how | the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something. |
| ~ leadership | the ability to lead.; "he believed that leadership can be taught" |
| ~ intelligence | the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. |
| ~ aptitude | inherent ability. |
| ~ bilingualism | the ability to speak two languages colloquially. |
| ~ mental ability, capacity | the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior. |
| ~ creative thinking, creativeness, creativity | the ability to create. |
| ~ originality | the ability to think and act independently. |
| ~ science, skill | ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism" |
| ~ acquirement, skill, accomplishment, attainment, acquisition | an ability that has been acquired by training. |
| ~ hand | ability.; "he wanted to try his hand at singing" |
| ~ superior skill | more than ordinary ability. |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| n. (state) | 4. office, power | (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power.; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ governing, government activity, governance, government, administration | the act of governing; exercising authority.; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" |
| ~ executive clemency | the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction. |
| ~ war power | an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime. |
| n. (person) | 5. force, power | one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority.; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil" |
| ~ causal agency, causal agent, cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. |
| ~ juggernaut, steamroller | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way. |
| ~ influence | one having power to influence another.; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children" |
| ~ moloch | a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice.; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life" |
| n. (communication) | 6. exponent, index, power | a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself. |
| ~ degree | the highest power of a term or variable. |
| ~ mathematical notation | a notation used by mathematicians. |
| ~ logarithm, log | the exponent required to produce a given number. |
| n. (group) | 7. great power, major power, power, superpower, world power | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. |
| ~ body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land | a politically organized body of people under a single government.; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" |
| ~ hegemon | a leading or paramount power. |
| n. (person) | 8. baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon | a very wealthy or powerful businessman.; "an oil baron" |
| ~ businessman, man of affairs | a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive). |
| ~ oil tycoon | a powerful person in the oil business. |
| v. (consumption) | 9. power | supply the force or power for the functioning of.; "The gasoline powers the engines" |
| ~ drive | cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling.; "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer" |
| ~ cater, ply, provide, supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
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