Meaning

4 senses

  1. Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.

    mächtig, kräftig, kraftvoll

    могу́щественныйmogúščestvennyj, могу́чийmogúčij, мо́щныйmóščnyj

    могу́тнійmohútnij, міцни́йmicnýj, поту́жнийpotúžnyj

    having great influence

  2. Leading to many or important deductions.

    a powerful set of postulates

    a powerful theorem

  3. Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

  4. (not comparable)Being a powerful number.

Examples

484 sentences

  1. Tom has a very powerful voice.

    У Тома дуже потужний голос. — deniko

    ruУ Тома очень сильный голос. — soweli_Elepanto

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  2. He has powerful arms.

    У нього міцні руки. — tikan0

    ruУ него сильные руки. — marafon

    deEr hat kräftige Arme. — xtofu80

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  3. He is powerful.

    Він впливовий. — deniko

    ruОн сильный. — Tonari

    deEr ist mächtig. — wolfgangth

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  4. Tom is powerful.

    Том потужний. — deniko

    deTom ist mächtig. — Felixjp

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  5. That flower has a powerful smell.

    ruУ этого цветка сильный запах. — sharptoothed

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence:
Русский
By meaning 1
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence:

Origin

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.

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Forms

more powerful, most powerful
Comparativemore powerful Lesson
Superlativemost powerful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
heavyA1mightyB2potentB2strongA1squarefulmightfulpowersomestrengthfulforceful
Close in meaning
  • displaying superhuman strength or power:herculean
  • having great influence:potent
  • strong enough to knock down or overwhelm:knock-down
  • (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful:brawnyheftymuscularsinewy

Antonyms

2 antonyms
powerlessstrengthless

Word family

11 related words
RelatedstrongA1powerfulness
DerivedpowerfullyB2all-powerfulnonpowerfuloverpowerfulpowerful owlsemipowerfulsuperpowerfulultrapowerfulunpowerful

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
powerA2powerhousepowerlesspowerlessnesspowerpoint

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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