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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. having great power or force or potency or effect;
- Example: "the most powerful government in western Europe"
- Example: "his powerful arms"
- Example: "a powerful bomb"
- Example: "the horse's powerful kick"
- Example: "powerful drugs"
- Example: "a powerful argument"

2. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm;
- Example: "a knock-down blow"
[syn: knock-down(a), powerful]

3. having great influence;
[syn: potent, powerful]

4. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful;
- Example: "a hefty athlete"
- Example: "a muscular boxer"
- Example: "powerful arms"
[syn: brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy]

5. displaying superhuman strength or power;
- Example: "herculean exertions"
[syn: herculean, powerful]


ADVERB (1)

1. (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree;
- Example: "the baby is mighty cute"
- Example: "he's mighty tired"
- Example: "it is powerful humid"
- Example: "that boy is powerful big now"
- Example: "they have a right nice place"
- Example: "they rejoiced mightily"
[syn: mighty, mightily, powerful, right]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a.
   1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
      kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful
      man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a
      powerful light; a powerful vessel.
      [1913 Webster]

            The powerful grace that lies
            In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
        energetic; intense.
        [1913 Webster] -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. --
        Pow"er*ful*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

powerful
    adv 1: (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" [syn:
           mighty, mightily, powerful, right]
    adj 1: 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" [ant:
           powerless]
    2: strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"
       [syn: knock-down(a), powerful]
    3: having great influence [syn: potent, powerful]
    4: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged
       and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer";
       "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty, muscular,
       powerful, sinewy]
    5: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean
       exertions" [syn: herculean, powerful]


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

PowerFuL

    A language combining functional programming and
   logic programming, using "angelic Powerdomains".

   (1998-06-30)