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most powerful

[pou-er-fuhl]

adjective

having or exerting great power or force.

physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.

producing great physical effects, as a machine or a blow.

potent; efficacious: a powerful drug.

having great effectiveness, as a speech, speaker, description, reason, etc.

EXPAND

having great power, authority, or influence; mighty: a powerful nation.

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. great in number or amount: a powerful lot of money.

COLLAPSE

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English powarfull. See power, -ful

Related forms

pow·er·ful·ly, adverb

pow·er·ful·ness, noun

o·ver·pow·er·ful, adjective

o·ver·pow·er·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·pow·er·ful·ness, noun

EXPAND

qua·si-pow·er·ful, adjective

qua·si-pow·er·ful·ly, adverb

su·per·pow·er·ful, adjective

ul·tra·pow·er·ful, adjective

un·pow·er·ful, adjective

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. forceful, strong. Powerful, mighty, potent suggest great force or strength. Powerful suggests capability of exerting great force or overcoming strong resistance: a powerful machine like a bulldozer. Mighty, now chiefly rhetorical, implies uncommon or overwhelming strength of power: a mighty army. Potent implies great natural or inherent power: a potent influence. 5. influential, convincing, forcible, cogent, effective.

Antonyms
1. weak.

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