powerful
[ pou-er-fuhl ]
/ ˈpaʊ ər fəl /
adjective
Origin of powerful
SYNONYMS FOR powerful
1
forceful,
strong.
Powerful,
mighty,
potent suggest great force or strength.
Powerful suggests capability of exerting great force or overcoming strong resistance:
a powerful machine like a bulldozer.
Mighty, now chiefly rhetorical, implies uncommon or overwhelming strength of power:
a mighty army.
Potent implies great natural or inherent power:
a potent influence.
5 influential, convincing, forcible, cogent, effective.
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British Dictionary definitions for powerfully
powerful
/ (ˈpaʊəfʊl) /
adjective
having great power, force, potency, or effect
extremely effective or efficient in action
a powerful drug; a powerful lens
dialect
large or great
a powerful amount of trouble
adverb
dialect
extremely; very
he ran powerful fast