Antonyms for powerful
ˈpaʊ ər fəlpow·er·ful

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1. powerfuladjective

   Antonyms:
   powerless

2. powerfuladjective

   Antonyms:
   powerless

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1. powerful

   Antonyms:
   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

   Synonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. powerful

   Synonyms:
   strong, potent, puissant, masterful, mighty

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. 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"

   Antonyms:
   weak, low-powered, helpless, powerless, feeble, uninfluential, nerveless, incapacitated, subhuman

   Synonyms:
   herculean, hefty, knock-down(a), potent, muscular, brawny, sinewy

2. knock-down(a), powerfuladjective

   strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

   "a knock-down blow"

   Antonyms:
   nerveless, feeble, uninfluential, helpless, weak, subhuman, powerless, incapacitated, low-powered

3. potent, powerfuladjective

   having great influence

   Antonyms:
   subhuman, low-powered, powerless, feeble, weak, uninfluential, nerveless, helpless, incapacitated

   Synonyms:
   muscular, potent, hefty, stiff, brawny, herculean, virile, sinewy, strong, knock-down(a)

4. brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewyadjective

   (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

   "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

   Antonyms:
   feeble, weak, uninfluential, subhuman, incapacitated, helpless, nerveless, powerless, low-powered

   Synonyms:
   brawny, potent, unchewable, sizable, sizeable, stringy, hefty, fibrous, healthy, mesomorphic, tendinous, respectable, sinewy, knock-down(a), goodly, goodish, herculean, muscular, tidy

5. herculean, powerfuladverb

   displaying superhuman strength or power

   "herculean exertions"

   Antonyms:
   weak, incapacitated, powerless, feeble, nerveless, helpless, subhuman, uninfluential, low-powered

   Synonyms:
   potent, muscular, hefty, brawny, herculean, sinewy, knock-down(a)

6. mighty, 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"

   Antonyms:
   incapacitated, uninfluential, nerveless, powerless, weak, feeble, low-powered, subhuman, helpless

   Synonyms:
   properly, the right way, correctly, in good order, decently, justly, flop, right, mighty, mightily, right on, aright, decent

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1. powerfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   mighty, potent, drastic, efficacious, intense, strong, dynamic, puissant, effective, omnipotent, armipotent, stentorian, invincible, cogent, commanding

How to use powerful in a sentence?

1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

2. Jaime Carrillo:

   I think he's more powerful than the president, i think he has more command inside the government.

3. Michael Sonnenshein:

   The idea of blockchain and bitcoin are completely inseparable, the blockchain is only as secure and as powerful as it is because there is this constant movement of tokens (bitcoins) on the blockchain.

4. Former President Obama:

   I hope that current members of Congress recall that it actually doesn’t take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful … but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm and those who often have no access to the corridors of power, i hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right.

5. Tommy Cheung:

   District council is not that powerful, but it is not totally powerless.

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