Having great influence.

synonym: powerful.

Roget 159: strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid.    resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable; incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all powerful, all sufficient; sovereign.    able-bodied; athletic; Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean^†; muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic.    manly, man-like, manful; masculine, male, virile.    unweakened^†, unallayed, unwithered^†, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted^†; in full force, in full swing; in the plenitude of power.    stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted; strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy; sound as a roach; in fine feather, in high feather; built like a brick shithouse; like a giant refreshed.    ... show more

Having or wielding force or authority:
— Providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons.

synonym: strong.

Roget 171: strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk.    rousing, irritation; poignant; virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent; double-edged, double-shotted^†, double-distilled; drastic, escharotic^†; racy etc. (pungent) 392.    potent etc. (powerful) 157; radioactive.    ... show more

Having a strong physiological or chemical effect:
— A potent toxin.
— Potent liquor.
— A potent cup of tea.

synonyms: stiff, strong.

of a male Capable of copulation.

synonym: virile.