Definitions for powerful
ˈpaʊ ər fəlpow·er·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 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"

2. knock-down(a), powerfuladjective

   strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

   "a knock-down blow"

3. potent, powerfuladjective

   having great influence

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"

5. herculean, powerfuladverb

   displaying superhuman strength or power

   "herculean exertions"

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"

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1. powerfuladjective

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Powerfuladjective

   Etymology: power and ful.

   1. Invested with command or authority; potent.2. Forcible; mighty.

   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.

   3. Efficacious.

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1. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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

2. Powerfuladjective

   large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore

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1. powerful

   Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; as, a powerful army or navy.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'powerful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1396

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'powerful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3470

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'powerful' in Adjectives Frequency: #168

Anagrams for powerful »

1. upflower

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of powerful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of powerful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of powerful in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   We are sending an armada. Very powerful, we have submarines. Very powerful. Far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. That I can tell you.

2. Margaret Atwood:

   We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

3. Carly Fiorina:

   Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is right : crony capitalism is alive and well, government and government programs have grown so big, so powerful, so costly and so complex that only the big and the powerful can prosper. But Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is dead wrong about how to end crony capitalism. You see, whether it is Dodd-Frank, Obamacare or net neutrality, all this government complexity means the big get bigger, the small disappear, and the powerless are trapped.

4. Donald Trump:

   We are sending an armada. Very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier, that I can tell you.

5. Stephen Vizinczey:

   Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

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