| 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" |
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