Definition of Powerful

1. Adjective. Having great power or force or potency or effect. "A powerful argument"


2. Adverb. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree. "They rejoiced mightily"
Exact synonyms: Mightily, Mighty, Right
Language type: Intensifier, Intensive

3. Adjective. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm. "A knock-down blow"
Exact synonyms: Knock-down
Similar to: Strong

4. Adjective. Having great influence.
Exact synonyms: Potent
Similar to: Influential
Derivative terms: Powerfulness

5. Adjective. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. "Powerful arms"
Exact synonyms: Brawny, Hefty, Muscular, Sinewy
Similar to: Strong
Derivative terms: Brawn, Brawniness, Heft, Heftiness, Muscle, Muscularity, Sinew

6. Adjective. Displaying superhuman strength or power. "Herculean exertions"
Exact synonyms: Herculean
Similar to: Superhuman
Derivative terms: Hercules, Powerfulness

Definition of Powerful

1. a. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.

Definition of Powerful

1. Adjective. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Powerful

1. possessing great force [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Powerful

powerbocked
powerbocking
powerbocks
powerbomb
powerbombs
powerbottom
powerbottoms
powerbroker
powerbrokers
powerbroking
powercut
powercuts
powered
powered down
powered up
powerful (current term)
powerfull
powerfuller
powerfullest
powerfully
powerfulness
powerhead
powerheads
powerhouse
powerhouses
powering
powering down
powering up
powerlaw
powerlaws

Literary usage of Powerful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. by John Locke (1805)
"... must be also the most powerful. §. 5. Again, a man finds in himself perception and ... that there is an eternal, most powerful, and most knowing being; ..."

2. Manual of Serum Diagnosis: Deep Breathing and a Complete System for by Bernarr Macfadden, Otto Rostoski (1904)
"STOMACH OP VAST IMPORTANCE IN BUILDING OF VITAL POWER—DIGESTION A MUSCULAR PROCESS—PERFECT DIGESTION DEPENDENT UPON powerful STOMACH MUSCLES — IMPORTANCE OF ..."

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