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- pronunciation:
- paU
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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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| related words: |
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 |
adverb + (adj.)powerful
economically, emotionally, enormously, equally, extraordinarily, extremely, immensely, incredibly, more, most, politically, potentially, sufficiently, tremendously
(adj.)powerful
+ adverb
enough
(adj.)powerful
+ noun
adversary,
ally,
antibiotic,
antidote,
antioxidant,
argument,
attraction,
beam,
blast,
bloc,
bomb,
bureaucracy,
constituency,
current,
determinant,
earthquake,
elite,
emotion,
engine,
entity,
explosion,
faction,
force,
grip,
hormone,
impulse,
incentive,
influence,
jaw,
laser,
lobby,
lobbying,
lobbyist,
magic,
magnet,
medium,
message,
metaphor,
microscope,
neighbor,
painkiller,
patron,
politician,
predictor,
processor,
pull,
punch,
reminder,
shaman,
spell,
stimulus,
storm,
surge,
symbol,
telescope,
tool,
urge,
weapon
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| derivations: |
powerfully (adv.), powerfulness (n.) |
The word powerful
contains the following part:
-ful1
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ful1 attaches to native English nouns to form adjectives.
Example words:
awful, beautiful, boastful, careful, cheerful, colorful, deceitful, delightful, disgraceful, disrespectful, doubtful, dutiful, faithful, fearful, flavorful, fruitful, gleeful, graceful, harmful, helpful, hopeful, insightful, joyful, meaningful, merciful, mournful, painful, peaceful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, regretful, resentful, resourceful, respectful, scornful, skillful, sorrowful, stressful, successful, tactful, tasteful, tearful, thankful, thoughtful, trustful, uneventful, unmerciful, wasteful, useful
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