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   potential

   /pəˈtɛnʃl/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future: "a campaign to woo potential customers"

   noun

   • 1. latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness: "a young broadcaster with great potential"
   • ▪ the possibility of something happening or of someone doing something in the future: "pesticides with the potential to cause cancer"
   • 2. the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field: "a change in gravitational potential"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin potentialis, from potentia ‘power’, from potent- ‘being able’ (see potent1). The noun dates from the early 19th century.

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   Synonyms for POTENTIAL: possible, implicit, probable, plausible, theoretic, conceivable, hypothetical, theoretical; Antonyms of POTENTIAL: real, actual, factual, existent, demonstrated, confirmed, true, genuine

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   Synonyms for POTENTIAL in English: possible, future, likely, promising, budding, embryonic, undeveloped, unrealized, probable, hidden, …

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   Synonyms for POTENTIAL: possible, latent, likely, eventual, implied, inherent, dormant, potentially, prima facie, possible; Antonyms for POTENTIAL: unpromising, actual, helpless, lacking, impossible, impossible, lack.

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    potential. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Adjective: possible. Synonyms: possible, inherent, dormant, latent, future, likely, conceivable, probable, implicit, plausible, hypothetical. Sense: Noun: possibility. Synonyms: possibility, chance, prospect, potentiality. Sense: Noun: talent. Synonyms:

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    Definitions of potential. adjective. existing in possibility. “a potential problem” synonyms: possible. latent. potentially existing but not presently evident or realized. see more. adjective. expected to become or be; in prospect. “ potential clients” synonyms: likely. prospective. of or concerned with or related to the future. noun.