What does Powerful mean?
Definitions for Powerful
ˈpaʊ ər fəlPow·er·ful
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
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
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
Instead of being the JV team, they turn out to be the most powerful terrorist group in history.
Since the 1980s, eating wild animals has been promoted in TCM remedies for such things as skin health, fertility, longevity and fighting cancer, and it's undoubtedly a powerful lobby.
We cannot but develop nonstop super-powerful weapon systems to remove the potential and direct threats to the security of our country that exist in the south.
It's a secret program, it's a high priority for the Air Force, and Northrop wants to build the bomber in California, a very powerful state.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for .success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
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Translations for Powerful
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- قويArabic
- моцныBelarusian
- мощен, могъщBulgarian
- poderós, potentCatalan, Valencian
- mocný, účinnýCzech
- pwerusWelsh
- magtfuldeDanish
- mächtigGerman
- ισχυρόςGreek
- potencaEsperanto
- poderosoSpanish
- vahva, mahtava, voimallinen, voimakas, tehokasFinnish
- puissantFrench
- éifeachtach, cumhachtach, neartmhar, cumasach, láidirIrish
- cumhachdachScottish Gaelic
- poderoso, potenteGalician
- ուժեղ, զորեղ, հզորArmenian
- máttugur, voldugur, kröftugur, valdamikill, öflugur, kraftmikillIcelandic
- potenteItalian
- חָזָקHebrew
- 力強いJapanese
- ខ្លាំងក្លា, ខ្លាំងពូកែKhmer
- 강력하다, 강하다Korean
- imperiōsus, potensLatin
- berkuasaMalay
- machtigDutch
- kraftigNorwegian
- potężnyPolish
- poderoso, potentePortuguese
- puternicRomanian
- мощный, влиятельный, могущественный, могучийRussian
- kraftfullSwedish
- శక్తివంతం, బలమైనTelugu
- güçlüTurkish
- могутнійUkrainian
- quyền lựcVietnamese
- מעכטיגYiddish
- 强大Chinese
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