powerful [pou-er-fuhl] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
powerful [pou-er-fuhl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: strong, effective
Synonyms: able, all-powerful, almighty, authoritarian, authoritative, capable, cogent, commanding, compelling, competent, controlling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, effectual, efficacious, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, in control, in the saddle, influential, mighty, omnipotent, overruling, paramount, persuasive, potent, preeminent, prevailing, puissant, robust, ruling, sovereign, stalwart, strapping, strengthy, sturdy, supreme, telling, upper hand, vigorous, weighty, wicked*, wieldy
Antonyms: impotent, incapable, ineffective, unable, weak
Main Entry: able
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: able to perform well; having a proven capacity
Synonyms: accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it
Antonyms: delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak
Main Entry: able-bodied
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: physically strong and capable
Synonyms: firm, fit, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, lusty, powerful, robust, staunch, stout, strapping, sturdy, vigorous
Antonyms: delicate, infirm, weak
Example Sentences
  • The powerful sound evokes the deity to visit voodoo mask dances.
  • After the solitude of graduate research, that's a powerful tonic.
  • Forget the trade unions: the government has made a much more powerful enemy.
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Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe, intense
Synonyms: cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent
Main Entry: athletic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: agile; prepared to participate in sports
Synonyms: able-bodied, active, brawny, energetic, fit, lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous
Antonyms: unathletic
Main Entry: big
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: important
Synonyms: big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential, leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty
Antonyms: blah, bland, dull, unimportant
Main Entry: blanket
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: comprehensive
Synonyms: absolute, across-the-board, all-inclusive, overall, powerful, sweeping, unconditional, wide-ranging
Antonyms: incomplete, uncomprehensive
Main Entry: brawny
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: muscular, strong
Synonyms: able-bodied, athletic, beefy, bulky, burly, fleshy, hardy, hefty, husky, powerful, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strapping, sturdy, thewy, tough, vigorous, vital
Antonyms: frail, skinny, slight, thin, weak
Main Entry: burly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: husky
Synonyms: able-bodied, athletic, beefcake, beefy, big, brawny, bruising, bulky, gorillalike, hefty, hulking, hulky, hunk, muscular, portly, powerful, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built
Antonyms: light, slim, small, thin
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