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- Dictionarypowerful/ˈpaʊəf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. having great power or strength: "a fast, powerful car" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. very: dialect "walking is powerful hot work"
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POWERFUL definition: 1. having a lot of power to control people and events: 2. having a lot of strength or force: 3…. Learn more.
1. : having great power, prestige, or influence. a powerful leader. 2. : leading to many or important deductions. a powerful set of postulates. Synonyms. heavy-duty. important. influential. mighty. potent. puissant. significant. strong. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of powerful in a Sentence.
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. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect.
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. having great effectiveness, as a speech, speaker, description, reason, etc.
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.
having great power or force; very effective. a powerful engine. a powerful voice. a powerful telescope. A huge and powerful storm is on track to hit Florida. I traded my computer in for a more powerful model. Capitalism is an immensely powerful force in modern society. Gene technology is a very powerful tool. Humour can be a powerful weapon.
1. having great power, force, potency, or effect. 2. (Chemistry) extremely effective or efficient in action: a powerful drug; a powerful lens. 3. dialect large or great: a powerful amount of trouble. adv. dialect extremely; very: he ran powerful fast. ˈpowerfully adv. ˈpowerfulness n.
