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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 a powerful force?

   • having great power or force; very effective 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. having a strong effect on your thoughts, feelings or body

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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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   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of POWERFUL is having great power, prestige, or influence. How to use powerful in a sentence.

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   What is a powerful person?

   • having or exerting great power or force. a large, powerful athlete. producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow. a powerful drug. a powerful nation. a powerful lot of money. dialect.

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   Where did the word powerful come from?

   • First recorded in 1350–1400, powerful is from the Middle English word powarfull. See power, -ful 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.

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   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.

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