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im·po·tent
 impotent
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- pronunciation:
- Im
p
tnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
lacking strength, effectiveness, or capability.
He was popular and had charisma, but he proved to be an impotent leader.The city was impotent to avert the disaster.- antonyms:
- effective, potent, powerful, puissant
- similar words:
- feeble, ineffective, powerless, sterile, weak
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| definition 2: |
of a male, unable to have an erection of the penis.
It was not his age, but the side effect of a drug that caused him to be impotent.- antonyms:
- potent
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| definition 3: |
of a male, sterile.
As the husband was impotent, the couple were unable to have children. |
| related words: |
barren, futile, limp, useless |
adverb + (adj.)impotent
completely, largely, mainly, politically, sexually, ultimately, utterly, virtually
(adj.)impotent
+ noun
anger, erection, fury, husband, male, pain, politicization, rage, sea, snake, surgery
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| derivation: |
impotently (adv.) |
The word impotent
contains the following parts:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
imbalance, immaculate, immaterial, immature, immediate, immiscible, immobile, immodest, immortal, immovable, immune, immutable, impalpable, impartial, impassable, impatient, impeccable, impecunious, impenitent, imperfect, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, imperturbable, impervious, implacable, implausible, impolite, imponderable, impossible, impotent, impregnable, improper, impropriety, improvise, imprudent, impudent, impunity, impure
poss, pot
Latin
root
that means able; power
Example words:
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