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more potent

ADJECTIVE

effective, powerful, forceful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelling dominant dynamic great impressive influential persuasive robust strong useful vigorous

STRONG

stiff

WEAK

almighty authoritative ball of fire cogent commanding convincing efficacious forcible full-bodied go-getter gutsy lusty mighty powerhouse puissant punchy spanking sturdy telling trenchant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inactive ineffective ineffectual infirm insignificant soft unhealthy unimportant weak

WEAK

disabled fragile helpless impotent incapable

Example Sentences

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To make vitamin K more potent, the team synthesized 12 hybrid vitamin K homologs.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Yet, none were more potent than his original comrade, Foux.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The development of more potent submarines would boost Beijing’s bid to forge a world-class oceangoing navy, a key element in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s ambitious campaign to modernize the armed forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Islatravir, meanwhile, is what’s known as a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, a novel drug that is significantly more potent.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Second, military technology was far more potent in Eurasia than in the Americas.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond