Synonyms for powerful
ˈpaʊ ər fəlpow·er·ful

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1. powerfuladjective

   Antonyms:
   powerless

2. powerfuladjective

   Antonyms:
   powerless

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powerful

   Synonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

   Antonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. powerful

   Synonyms:
   strong, potent, puissant, masterful, mighty

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. powerfuladjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   herculean, hefty, knock-down(a), potent, muscular, brawny, sinewy

   Antonyms:
   weak, low-powered, helpless, powerless, feeble, uninfluential, nerveless, incapacitated, subhuman

2. knock-down(a), powerfuladjective

   strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

   "a knock-down blow"

   Antonyms:
   nerveless, feeble, uninfluential, helpless, weak, subhuman, powerless, incapacitated, low-powered

3. potent, powerfuladjective

   having great influence

   Synonyms:
   muscular, potent, hefty, stiff, brawny, herculean, virile, sinewy, strong, knock-down(a)

   Antonyms:
   subhuman, low-powered, powerless, feeble, weak, uninfluential, nerveless, helpless, incapacitated

4. brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewyadjective

   (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

   "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"

   Synonyms:
   brawny, potent, unchewable, sizable, sizeable, stringy, hefty, fibrous, healthy, mesomorphic, tendinous, respectable, sinewy, knock-down(a), goodly, goodish, herculean, muscular, tidy

   Antonyms:
   feeble, weak, uninfluential, subhuman, incapacitated, helpless, nerveless, powerless, low-powered

5. herculean, powerfuladverb

   displaying superhuman strength or power

   "herculean exertions"

   Synonyms:
   potent, muscular, hefty, brawny, herculean, sinewy, knock-down(a)

   Antonyms:
   weak, incapacitated, powerless, feeble, nerveless, helpless, subhuman, uninfluential, low-powered

6. mighty, mightily, powerful, rightadverb

   (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"

   Synonyms:
   properly, the right way, correctly, in good order, decently, justly, flop, right, mighty, mightily, right on, aright, decent

   Antonyms:
   incapacitated, uninfluential, nerveless, powerless, weak, feeble, low-powered, subhuman, helpless

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kickassadjective

   kickass is slang but i need some synonyms

   that was a kickass speech

   Submitted by Revcrp on June 25, 2022  

2. strongish

   i was powerful at tennis.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. powerfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   mighty, potent, active, forcible, puissant, potential

2. powerfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   vigorous, robust, sturdy, strong, able-bodied

3. powerfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   efficacious, effective, cogent, valid

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1. powerfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   mighty, potent, drastic, efficacious, intense, strong, dynamic, puissant, effective, omnipotent, armipotent, stentorian, invincible, cogent, commanding

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1. List of paraphrases for "powerful":

   potent, strong, mighty, influential, forceful, robust, vigorous, effective, powerfui, loud, fort, solid

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1. Ruth Milkman:

   In both cases, it's a David and Goliath situation. They're up against a very powerful, determined opponent, in both cases, it's a very heavy lift because of Amazon's resources and determination to stamp out any unionization efforts.

2. Dmitry Kokh Mittermeier:

   Photography is one of the most effective and powerful tools Paul Nicklen have to tell complex stories, like the story of climate change.

3. Barack Obama:

   To Malia and Sasha and their friends, discrimination in any form against anyone doesn't make sense. It doesn't dawn on them that friends who are gay or friends' parents who are same-sex couple should be treated any differently. That's powerful.

4. The NAACP:

   They give powerful people platforms and they need to explain to the community and Breonna Taylor’s family why they gave him [Mattingly] a platform.

5. Justice William O. Douglas:

   Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like.