powerful
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English pouerful, powarfull, equivalent to power + -ful.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
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- Hyphenation: pow‧er‧ful
Adjective
powerful (comparative more powerful or powerfuller or powerfuler, superlative most powerful or powerfullest or powerfulest)
- Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
- William Shakespeare
- The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[1]:
- As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
- William Shakespeare
- (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence
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See also
Adverb
powerful (comparative more powerful, superlative most powerful)
- (Southern US) Synonym of very
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