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Synonyms for powerful
ˈpaʊ ər fəlpow·er·ful
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
powerful
Synonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthyAntonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
powerfuladjective
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"
Synonyms:
herculean, hefty, knock-down(a), potent, muscular, brawny, sinewyAntonyms:
weak, low-powered, helpless, powerless, feeble, uninfluential, nerveless, incapacitated, subhumanknock-down(a), powerfuladjective
strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
"a knock-down blow"
Antonyms:
nerveless, feeble, uninfluential, helpless, weak, subhuman, powerless, incapacitated, low-poweredpotent, powerfuladjective
having great influence
Synonyms:
muscular, potent, hefty, stiff, brawny, herculean, virile, sinewy, strong, knock-down(a)Antonyms:
subhuman, low-powered, powerless, feeble, weak, uninfluential, nerveless, helpless, incapacitatedbrawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewyadjective
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
"a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
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brawny, potent, unchewable, sizable, sizeable, stringy, hefty, fibrous, healthy, mesomorphic, tendinous, respectable, sinewy, knock-down(a), goodly, goodish, herculean, muscular, tidyAntonyms:
feeble, weak, uninfluential, subhuman, incapacitated, helpless, nerveless, powerless, low-poweredherculean, powerfuladverb
displaying superhuman strength or power
"herculean exertions"
Synonyms:
potent, muscular, hefty, brawny, herculean, sinewy, knock-down(a)Antonyms:
weak, incapacitated, powerless, feeble, nerveless, helpless, subhuman, uninfluential, low-poweredmighty, mightily, powerful, rightadverb
(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"
Synonyms:
properly, the right way, correctly, in good order, decently, justly, flop, right, mighty, mightily, right on, aright, decentAntonyms:
incapacitated, uninfluential, nerveless, powerless, weak, feeble, low-powered, subhuman, helpless
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
powerfuladjective
Synonyms:
mighty, potent, drastic, efficacious, intense, strong, dynamic, puissant, effective, omnipotent, armipotent, stentorian, invincible, cogent, commanding
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#212 | real | |
#234 | right | |
#803 | sound | |
#1068 | effective | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1412 | useful | |
#1442 | valid | |
#2159 | solid | |
#2341 | fort | |
#2389 | powerful | |
#2615 | healthy | |
#3315 | efficient | |
#3542 | properly | |
#3614 | sufficient | |
#4080 | valuable | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4555 | adequate | |
#4996 | correctly | |
#6888 | loud | |
#7256 | decent | |
#7810 | mighty | |
#7883 | beneficial | |
#7893 | robust | |
#8085 | worthy | |
#9018 | competent | |
#10437 | profitable | |
#12484 | influential | |
#12588 | stiff | |
#13929 | muscular | |
#14866 | flop | |
#15642 | potent | |
#18848 | tidy | |
#19156 | vigorous | |
#21571 | respectable | |
#23212 | advantageous | |
#27828 | hefty | |
#33668 | sizable | |
#34267 | expedient | |
#34335 | justly | |
#34356 | sizeable | |
#35905 | fibrous | |
#37155 | forceful | |
#37817 | masterful | |
#44203 | serviceable | |
#57954 | goodly | |
#58732 | mightily | |
#64311 | decently | |
#77615 | stringy | |
#90077 | herculean | |
#91495 | aright | |
#97932 | virile | |
#102036 | brawny | |
#144661 | puissant | |
#146164 | sinewy |
How to use powerful in a sentence?
Imagination is more powerful than money or a hydrogen bomb.
I am heartbroken by the news of David's passing, daquan Patten was a devout Christian who followed Daquan Patten passion following Daquan Patten football career and founded Daquan Patten own ministry. Daquan Patten transitioned from an undersized and understated wide receiver to a powerful and passionate preacher. In New England, Daquan Patten will always be remembered as a three-time Super Bowl Champion.
It’s the most capable and powerful iPad we’ve ever created.
Her fears that her symptoms over the preceding months before she died were cancer-related were proved right. The messages from Bronte are all her own words, and I believe that’s more powerful for people to understand what she went through. I want to see changes and action now.
We are meeting with you on the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day, in this phrase, in these words, there is something powerful, huge, I would say, mystical and holy.
Translations for powerful
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- قويArabic
- моцныBelarusian
- мощен, могъщBulgarian
- poderós, potentCatalan, Valencian
- mocný, účinnýCzech
- pwerusWelsh
- magtfuldeDanish
- mächtigGerman
- ισχυρόςGreek
- potencaEsperanto
- poderosoSpanish
- قدرتمندPersian
- voimakas, voimallinen, mahtava, tehokas, vahvaFinnish
- puissantFrench
- cumasach, láidir, éifeachtach, cumhachtach, neartmharIrish
- cumhachdachScottish Gaelic
- poderoso, potenteGalician
- शक्तिशालीHindi
- հզոր, զորեղ, ուժեղArmenian
- kuatIndonesian
- máttugur, kröftugur, valdamikill, öflugur, voldugur, kraftmikillIcelandic
- potenteItalian
- חָזָקHebrew
- 力強いJapanese
- ខ្លាំងក្លា, ខ្លាំងពូកែKhmer
- 강하다, 강력하다Korean
- imperiōsus, potensLatin
- berkuasaMalay
- machtigDutch
- kraftigNorwegian
- potężnyPolish
- potente, poderosoPortuguese
- puternicRomanian
- влиятельный, мощный, могущественный, могучийRussian
- kraftfullSwedish
- வலுவானTamil
- శక్తివంతం, బలమైనTelugu
- แรงในการกระทำThai
- güçlüTurkish
- могутнійUkrainian
- طاقتورUrdu
- quyền lựcVietnamese
- מעכטיגYiddish
- 强大Chinese
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