What does powerful mean?
Definitions for powerful
ˈpaʊ ər fəlpow·er·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word powerful.
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"
knock-down(a), powerfuladjective
strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
"a knock-down blow"
potent, powerfuladjective
having great influence
brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewyadjective
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
"a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
herculean, powerfuladverb
displaying superhuman strength or power
"herculean exertions"
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"
Wiktionary
powerfuladjective
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Powerfuladjective
Etymology: power and ful.
We have sustain’d one day in doubtful fight,
What heaven’s lord hath powerfullest to send
Against us from about his throne. John Milton, Par. Lost.Henry II. endeavouring to establish his grandfather’s laws, met with powerful opposition from archbishop Becket. John Ayliffe.
Wikipedia
Powerful
Powerful is a song recorded by Jamaican-American electronic music project Major Lazer. It's the second official single off their third studio album, Peace Is the Mission (2015), featuring guest vocals from English singer Ellie Goulding and Jamaican singer Tarrus Riley.
ChatGPT
powerful
Powerful refers to having great power, strength, influence, or capacity. It can be used in various contexts to describe someone or something possessing physical strength, intellectual prowess, a strong impact, authority over others or being effective in nature. It's often associated with one's ability to control, influence, or produce effects on people, things, or circumstances.
Webster Dictionary
Powerfuladjective
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
Powerfuladjective
large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
powerful
Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; as, a powerful army or navy.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'powerful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1396
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'powerful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3470
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'powerful' in Adjectives Frequency: #168
Anagrams for powerful »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of powerful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of powerful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of powerful in a Sentence
We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure all your life.
I have taken up a risky journey to the DPRK so that I can pass on some very valuable and disturbing information I felt that its government would appreciate, i've chosen the Democratic People's Republic of Korea only due to its mostly socialistic way and due to its very powerful military.
I think it's demonstrably clear that( President Joe Biden) hasn't done a lot. This is someone who has all the resources available to him as the most powerful person in the world to rally members of President Joe Biden own party to at least make an exception to the filibuster for purposes of saving our democracy, and instead, the media and the work of a number of senators has been focused on a bipartisan infrastructure package.
Democrats will not win in 2022 with a demoralized base. There must be energy and excitement. Today, in these difficult times, the American people want to know that their elected officials have the courage to take on the powerful special interests and fight for their needs.
They do this because administrations in the past have let them—this is not a story about North Korea or China—this is a story about the failure of American policy makers to protect the American people, we are the most powerful nation in history and are constantly outwitted by one that is the most destitute on the earth.
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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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