what does powerful mean?
POWERFUL as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- displaying superhuman strength or power
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- having great power or force or potency or effect
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- the most powerful government in western Europe
- his powerful arms
- a powerful bomb
- the horse’’s powerful kick
- powerful drugs
- a powerful argument
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- Meaning
- having the power to influence or convince
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- a cogent analysis of the problem
- potent arguments
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- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight
- rugged and powerful
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- a hefty athlete
- a muscular boxer
- powerful arms
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- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
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POWERFUL as ADVERB
- Meaning
- (Southern regional intensive) very
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- 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
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