dominant - 'Dominant' emphasizes control over others, a dominant player, a dominant position. It's power expressed through hierarchy.
formidable - 'Formidable' means powerful enough to inspire fear or deep respect. A formidable opponent makes you reconsider whether to compete at all.
influential - 'Influential' is soft power, no force or authority, just the ability to shape how others think and act.
mighty - 'Mighty' is grander and more archaic, it evokes warriors, rivers, and empires. Use it when 'powerful' feels too clinical.
potent - 'Potent' implies concentrated effectiveness, a potent drug, a potent argument. The power is packed into something compact.

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

powerless strengthless

Synonyms

10 entries

brawny forceful herculean knock down mightful mightily mighty powersome strengthful strong

Related terms

1 entries

strong

derived

10 entries

all-powerful nonpowerful overpowerful powerful owl powerfully powerfulness semipowerful superpowerful ultrapowerful unpowerful

derived from

1 entries

power

has context

2 entries

mining southern us

related to

12 entries

capable capacious effective exerting influence large ore potency potent power strong vein

similar

31 entries

all powerful all-powerful almighty coercive compelling effective effectual efficacious influential mighty muscular

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Translations

136 translations across 76 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

δυνατός adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
ἰσχυρός adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Arabic

1 entries

قَوِيّ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Armenian

3 entries

զորեղ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
հզոր adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
ուժեղ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Asturian

1 entries

poderosu adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

güclü adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Basque

1 entries

ahaldun adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Belarusian

3 entries

магу́тны adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
мо́цны adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
пату́жны adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Bengali

1 entries

শক্ত adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

शक्तिशाली adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Breton

1 entries

galloudeg adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Bulgarian

2 entries

мо́щен adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
могъ́щ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Catalan

2 entries

poderós adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potent adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەھێز adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
کار بەدەست adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᎳᏂᎩᏛ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

強力 /强力 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
強勁 /强劲 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
強大 /强大 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Corsican

3 entries

potente adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
putente adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
putenti adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Czech

2 entries

mocný adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
účinný adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Danish

1 entries

mægtig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Dutch

1 entries

machtig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

виян adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Egyptian

1 entries

wsr-s-r:D40 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Esperanto

1 entries

potenca adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Estonian

1 entries

võimas adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Finnish

4 entries

mahtava adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
tehokas adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
vahva adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
voimakas adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

French

1 entries

puissant adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Friulian

1 entries

potent adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Galician

2 entries

poderoso adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potente adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Georgian

3 entries

გავლენიანი adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
ძლევამოსილი adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
ძლიერი adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

German

3 entries

kraftvoll adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
kräftig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
mächtig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Greek

1 entries

ισχυρός adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Hebrew

1 entries

עוצמתי adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Hindi

2 entries

बली adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
शक्तिशाली adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Hungarian

1 entries

erőteljes adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Icelandic

4 entries

kraftmikill adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
kröftugur adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
máttugur adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
valdamikill adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Ingrian

2 entries

see Thesaurus:vahva adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
vahva adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Irish

4 entries

bríomhar adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
cumasach adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
cumhachtach adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
láidir adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Italian

2 entries

efficace adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potente adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Japanese

2 entries

強い adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
強力な adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Kazakh

1 entries

күшті adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Khmer

2 entries

ខ្លាំងក្លា adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
ខ្លាំងពូកែ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Korean

2 entries

강력하다 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
강하다 adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

күчтүү adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Latin

2 entries

imperiōsus adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potens adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Macedonian

1 entries

моќен adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Malay

1 entries

berkuasa adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Mirandese

2 entries

poderoso adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
podroso adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Norman

1 entries

piêssant adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

kraftfull adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
mektig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

kraftfull adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
mektig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Occitan

2 entries

poderós adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potent adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Old English

2 entries

mihtiġ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
wealdende adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

نفوذلو adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Persian

1 entries

قوی adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Piedmontese

1 entries

potent adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Polish

2 entries

mocny adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potężny adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Portuguese

2 entries

poderoso adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
potente adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Romagnol

1 entries

putént adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Russian

4 entries

влия́тельный adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
мо́щный adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
могу́чий adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
могу́щественный adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Sanskrit

2 entries

उग्र adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
विभूति adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cumhachdach adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

mȍćan adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
мо̏ћан adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Slovak

1 entries

mocný adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Slovene

1 entries

močan adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Spanish

2 entries

poderoso adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
pudiente adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Swedish

1 entries

mäktig adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Tajik

1 entries

қавӣ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Telugu

2 entries

బలమైన adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
శక్తివంతం adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Turkish

1 entries

güçlü adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Turkmen

1 entries

güýçli adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Ukrainian

3 entries

могу́тній adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
міцни́й adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
поту́жний adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Unami

1 entries

alëwilësi adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Uzbek

1 entries

kuchli adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Vietnamese

3 entries

hùng cường adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
hùng mạnh adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
mạnh mẽ adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Welsh

1 entries

pwerus adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Yiddish

3 entries

כּוחדיק adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
מעכטיג adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)
שטאַרק adj (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence)

Sample sentences

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Our team competed with a powerful rival.

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Matt is a powerful acquisition for our team.

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Indeed this car is small, but it is powerful.

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Jack is a powerful acquisition for our team.

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