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   powerful

   /ˈpaʊəf(ʊ)l/

   adjective

   • 1. having great power or strength: "a fast, powerful car" Similar strongmuscularmusclysturdystrappingrobustmightyheftybrawnyburlyhuskyathleticmanlywell builtHerculeantoughsolidsubstantiallustyinformal:beefyhunkyrippedshreddedbuffjackeddated:stalwartliterary:starkthewyviolentforcefulheavyhardmightyvigorousheftythunderousOpposite weakgentle
   • ▪ having control and influence over people and events: "the world's most powerful nation" Similar influentialstronghigh-poweredimportantcontrollingdominantcommandingpotentforcefulvigorousdynamicformidableredoubtableinformal:bighigh-octaneliterary:puissantOpposite weakpowerless
   • ▪ having a strong effect on people's feelings or thoughts: "his photomontages are powerful anti-war images" Similar cogentcompellingconvincingpersuasiveeloquentimpressivestrikingtellinginfluentialforcefulstrongeffectivedramaticpassionategraphicvividmovingpotentauthoritativegreatweightyvigorousforcibleirresistiblesubstantialOpposite ineffective

   adverb

   • 1. very: dialect "walking is powerful hot work"

   Derivatives

   • 1. powerfulness noun

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   What is the difference between powerful and Mighty?

   • pow′er·ful·ness n. Our Living Language In the Upper Southern United States the words powerful and mighty are intensives used frequently in the same way as very: Your boy's grown powerful big. The new baby is mighty purty. Powerful is used as an adjective in some expressions: The storm did a powerful lot of harm.

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   What is the difference between powerful and potent?

   • Powerful, mighty, potent suggest great force or strength. 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.

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   What does powerful mean?

   • Britannica English: Translation of powerful for Arabic Speakers Love words? Need even more definitions? Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of POWERFUL is having great power, prestige, or influence.

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   • (of a person or an animal) physically strong synonym muscular When she trots she covers ground like a powerful horse rather than a pony. Definition of powerful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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