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powerful


 
  Grep  of  noun  powerful 
  powerfulness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  powerful 
 
  The  adj  powerful  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (19)  powerful  --  (having  great  power  or  force  or  potency  or  effect;  "the  most  powerful  government  in  western  Europe";  "his  powerful  arms";  "a  powerful  bomb";  "the  horse's  powerful  kick";  "powerful  drugs";  "a  powerful  argument") 
  2.  (2)  knock-down,  powerful  --  (strong  enough  to  knock  down  or  overwhelm;  "a  knock-down  blow") 
  3.  (2)  cogent,  potent,  powerful  --  (having  the  power  to  influence  or  convince;  "a  cogent  analysis  of  the  problem";  "potent  arguments") 
  4.  (1)  brawny,  hefty,  muscular,  powerful,  sinewy  --  ((of  a  person)  possessing  physical  strength  and  weight;  rugged  and  powerful;  "a  hefty  athlete";  "a  muscular  boxer";  "powerful  arms") 
  5.  herculean,  powerful  --  (displaying  superhuman  strength  or  power;  "herculean  exertions") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  powerful 
 
  The  adv  powerful  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  mighty,  powerful,  right  --  ((Southern  regional  intensive)  very  "the  baby  is  mighty  cute";  "he's  mighty  tired";  "it  is  powerful  humid";  "that  boy  is  powerful  big  now";  "they  have  a  right  nice  place") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  powerful 
 
  5  senses  of  powerful 
 
  Sense  1 
  powerful  (vs.  powerless) 
 
  powerless  (vs.  powerful),  weak 
  =>  feeble,  nerveless 
  =>  helpless,  incapacitated 
  =>  flooded,  inundated,  overcome,  overpowered,  overwhelmed,  swamped,  engulfed 
  =>  low-powered 
  =>  flooded,  inundated,  overcome,  overpowered,  overwhelmed,  swamped,  engulfed 
 
  Sense  2 
  knock-down(postnominal),  powerful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  strong)  ->  weak 
 
  Sense  3 
  cogent,  potent,  powerful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  influential)  ->  uninfluential 
 
  Sense  4 
  brawny,  hefty,  muscular,  powerful,  sinewy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  strong)  ->  weak 
 
  Sense  5 
  herculean,  powerful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  superhuman)  ->  subhuman 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  powerful 
 
  5  senses  of  powerful 
 
  Sense  1 
  powerful  (vs.  powerless) 
  =>  almighty,  all-powerful,  omnipotent 
  =>  coercive 
  =>  compelling 
  =>  mighty 
  =>  muscular 
  =>  potent,  strong 
  =>  puissant 
  =>  regent(predicate) 
  =>  regnant,  reigning,  ruling 
  Also  See->  effective#1,  effectual#2,  efficacious#2;  potent#3,  strong#5;  strong#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  knock-down(postnominal),  powerful 
  =>  strong  (vs.  weak) 
 
  Sense  3 
  cogent,  potent,  powerful 
  =>  influential  (vs.  uninfluential) 
 
  Sense  4 
  brawny,  hefty,  muscular,  powerful,  sinewy 
  =>  strong  (vs.  weak) 
 
  Sense  5 
  herculean,  powerful 
  =>  superhuman  (vs.  subhuman) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  powerful 
 
  1  of  5  senses  of  powerful 
 
  Sense  1 
  powerful  (vs.  powerless) 
  =>  power,  powerfulness,  potency 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  powerful 
 
  powerful  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  powerful 
  all-powerful 
  powerful 
 
  Overview  of  adj  powerful 
 
  The  adj  powerful  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (19)  powerful  --  (having  great  power  or  force  or  potency  or  effect;  "the  most  powerful  government  in  western  Europe";  "his  powerful  arms";  "a  powerful  bomb";  "the  horse's  powerful  kick";  "powerful  drugs";  "a  powerful  argument") 
  2.  (2)  knock-down,  powerful  --  (strong  enough  to  knock  down  or  overwhelm;  "a  knock-down  blow") 
  3.  (2)  cogent,  potent,  powerful  --  (having  the  power  to  influence  or  convince;  "a  cogent  analysis  of  the  problem";  "potent  arguments") 
  4.  (1)  brawny,  hefty,  muscular,  powerful,  sinewy  --  ((of  a  person)  possessing  physical  strength  and  weight;  rugged  and  powerful;  "a  hefty  athlete";  "a  muscular  boxer";  "powerful  arms") 
  5.  herculean,  powerful  --  (displaying  superhuman  strength  or  power;  "herculean  exertions") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  powerful 
 
  The  adv  powerful  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  mighty,  powerful,  right  --  ((Southern  regional  intensive)  very  "the  baby  is  mighty  cute";  "he's  mighty  tired";  "it  is  powerful  humid";  "that  boy  is  powerful  big  now";  "they  have  a  right  nice  place") 



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