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powerful
adjective
1 powerful
Having great power or force or potency or effect.
Roget 404:
loud,
sonorous;
high-sounding,
big-sounding;
deep,
full,
powerful,
noisy,
blatant,
clangorous,
multisonous†;
thundering,
deafening
etc.
v.;
trumpet-tongued;
ear-splitting,
ear-rending,
ear-deafening;
piercing;
obstreperous,
rackety,
uproarious;
enough to wake the dead,
enough to wake seven sleepers.
shrill
etc.
410
clamorous
etc.
(vociferous)
411
stentorian,
stentorophonic†.
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Roget 157:
powerful,
puissant;
potential;
capable,
able;
equal to,
up to;
cogent,
valid;
efficient,
productive;
effective,
effectual,
efficacious,
adequate,
competent;
multipotent†,
plenipotent†,
omnipotent;
almighty.
forcible
etc.
adj..
(energetic)
171;
influential
etc.
175;
productive
etc.
168.
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Roget 574:
vigorous,
nervous,
powerful,
forcible,
trenchant,
incisive,
impressive;
sensational.
spirited,
lively,
glowing,
sparkling,
racy,
bold,
slashing;
pungent,
piquant,
full of point,
pointed,
pithy,
antithetical;
sententious.
lofty,
elevated,
sublime;
eloquent;
vehement,
petulant,
impassioned;
poetic.
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2 powerful
Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm.
synonym: knock-down.
3 powerful
Having great influence.
synonym: potent.
4 powerful
of a person Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful:
— Powerful arms.
synonyms: brawny, hefty, muscular, sinewy.
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.
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Polish: silny
5 powerful
Displaying superhuman strength or power.
synonym: herculean.
Polish: herkulesowy
adverb
1 powerful
Southern regional intensive Very; to a great degree:
— It is powerful humid.
— That boy is powerful big now.
synonyms: mightily, mighty, right.
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