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
powerful(adj)
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), powerful(adj)
strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
"a knock-down blow"
potent, powerful(adj)
having great influence
brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy(adj)
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
"a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
herculean, powerful(adverb)
displaying superhuman strength or power
"herculean exertions"
mighty, mightily, powerful, right(adverb)
(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
powerful(Adjective)
Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
Webster Dictionary
Powerful(adj)
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
Powerful(adj)
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
It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of non-conformity alive. Thanks to them the powerful can never affirm that everyone agrees with their acts. That small difference is important.
We can't keep on funding transportation by the seat of our pants, three months at a time, i guarantee you this is not how China, Germany, other big powerful countries around the world handle their infrastructure.
(Kim) said everyone should remember that it is the (ruling) partys core plan and unwavering determination to build a powerful force strong enough to discourage any forces from daring to provoke us and to leave any opponent defenseless against our Juche weapons of absolute power even in situations of physical clashes.
If this were 100 years ago, I'd say forget about it...( But) the weaponry is so powerful and they hate us so much that we have to now protect.
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- قويArabic
- моцныBelarusian
- могъщ, мощенBulgarian
- poderós, potentCatalan, Valencian
- účinný, mocnýCzech
- pwerusWelsh
- magtfuldeDanish
- mächtigGerman
- ισχυρόςGreek
- potencaEsperanto
- poderosoSpanish
- tehokas, voimallinen, voimakas, mahtava, vahvaFinnish
- puissantFrench
- cumasach, cumhachtach, neartmhar, éifeachtach, láidirIrish
- cumhachdachScottish Gaelic
- potente, poderosoGalician
- զորեղ, հզոր, ուժեղArmenian
- kröftugur, máttugur, kraftmikill, voldugur, öflugur, valdamikillIcelandic
- potenteItalian
- חָזָקHebrew
- 力強いJapanese
- ខ្លាំងពូកែ, ខ្លាំងក្លាKhmer
- 강력하다, 강하다Korean
- potens, imperiōsusLatin
- berkuasaMalay
- machtigDutch
- kraftigNorwegian
- potente, poderosoPortuguese
- puternicRomanian
- мощный, могучий, могущественный, влиятельныйRussian
- kraftfullSwedish
- శక్తివంతం, బలమైనTelugu
- güçlüTurkish
- могутнійUkrainian
- quyền lựcVietnamese
- מעכטיגYiddish
- 强大Chinese
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