powerful

  • (r) (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
    • 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
    • they rejoiced mightily
    mighty, mightily, right,
  • (a) 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
  • (s) strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
    • a knock-down blow
    knock-down,
  • (s) having great influence potent,
  • (s) (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
    • a hefty athlete
    • a muscular boxer
    • powerful arms
    brawny, hefty, sinewy, muscular,
  • (s) displaying superhuman strength or power
    • herculean exertions
    herculean,

Synonyms

mighty mightily right knock-down potent brawny hefty sinewy muscular herculean

Antonyms

powerless

See also

effective effectual efficacious potent stiff strong

Words of close approximity

powerfully powerfulness