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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
possessing or capable of exerting power or force.
Race cars have powerful engines.As hers was the deciding vote, she was in a powerful position.Only a powerful leader can bring about the needed reforms.- synonyms:
- forceful, potent, puissant, strong
- antonyms:
- impotent, powerless, weak
- similar words:
- able, authoritative, drastic, dynamic, high, impulsive, influential, mighty, solid, substantial, vigorous
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| definition 2: |
having great physical strength.
With training, he had become a powerful athlete.- synonyms:
- iron, mighty, strong
- antonyms:
- weak
- similar words:
- brawny, husky, invulnerable, potent, rugged, stalwart, staunch
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| definition 3: |
having a strong effect.
There is now a powerful medicine to combat the disease.- synonyms:
- potent, strong
- similar words:
- drastic, effective, forceful, formidable, heavy, intense
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| definition 4: |
greatly effective in moving the emotions or stimulating the mind.
The audience was moved by the powerful piece of music.- synonyms:
- moving, potent, strong, touching
- antonyms:
- weak
- similar words:
- expressive, forceful, overwhelming
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able-bodied, active, all-out, almighty, arduous, burly, colossal, emphatic, fierce, herculean, intense, lusty, magnetic, mystical, omnipotent, stiff, strong, sturdy, telling, towering, trenchant, vehement, virile, vivid |
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| derivations: |
powerfully (adv.), powerfulness (n.) |
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