powerful

1. Having great power or force or potency or effect (synset 301831389)
   "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
   also:

   • effective, effectual, efficacious - producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
   • potent, stiff, strong - having a strong physiological or chemical effect
   • strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected
   tells us about: power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence
   similar to:

   • all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent - having unlimited power
   • coercive - serving or intended to coerce
   • compelling - driving or forcing
   • mighty - having or showing great strength or force or intensity
   • muscular - having or suggesting great physical power or force
   • potent, strong - having or wielding force or authority
   • puissant - powerful
   • regent - acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
   • regnant, reigning, ruling - exercising power or authority
2. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm (synset 302330844)
   "a knock-down blow"
   similar to: strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected
   same as: knock-down
3. Having great influence (synset 301836317)
   similar to: influential - having or exercising influence or power
   same as: potent
4. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
   Rugged and powerful (synset 302329581)
   "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
   similar to: strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected
   same as: brawny, hefty, muscular, sinewy
5. Displaying superhuman strength or power (synset 301264435)
   "herculean exertions"
   similar to: superhuman - above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance
   same as: herculean

1. (Southern regional intensive) very;
   To a great degree (synset 400032793)
   "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"
   domain usage: intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
   same as: mightily, mighty, right

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