Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
The powerful grace that lies
In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
--Shak.
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2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
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Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
energetic; intense.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
powerful
adj 1: 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" [ant: powerless]
2: strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down
blow" [syn: knock-down(a)]
3: having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent
analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments" [syn: cogent,
potent]
4: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular
boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty, muscular,
sinewy]
5: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean
exertions" [syn: herculean]
adv : (Southern regional intensive) very; "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" [syn: mighty, right]
WordNet (r) 2.0
144 Moby Thesaurus words for "powerful":
absolute, acid, armipotent, ascendant, authoritarian,
authoritative, authorized, autocratic, beefy, biting, bouncing,
charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, cogent, commanding,
compelling, competent, comprehensive, consequential, considerable,
controlling, corrosive, cutting, deep, dominant, doughty, driving,
duly constituted, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious,
eminent, empowered, enchanting, energetic, estimable, ex officio,
exhaustive, forceful, forcible, forcy, formidable, full,
full-blooded, full-strength, governing, grand, grave, great, gutsy,
gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, heavy, hefty,
hegemonic, hegemonistic, high, high-potency, high-powered,
high-pressure, high-tension, husky, imperative, important,
impressive, in force, in power, incisive, influential, intense,
iron-hard, irresistible, leading, lusty, magnetic, main, maximum,
mighty, mighty in battle, momentous, monocratic, mordant, nervous,
nervy, obstinate, official, operative, penetrating, personable,
persuasive, piercing, plenary, poignant, potent, preeminent,
prepotent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, punchy, ranking,
red-blooded, reputable, resilient, robust, robustious, rugged,
ruling, senior, sensational, serious, sinewed, sinewy, slashing,
stalwart, steely, stout, strapping, striking, strong,
strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, suasive,
substantial, superior, supreme, telling, total, totalitarian,
tough, trenchant, valid, vigorous, vital, weighty, winning
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
PowerFuL
A language combining functional programming and
logic programming, using "angelic Powerdomains".
(1998-06-30)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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