- 1
Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- The powerful grace that lies / In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
- [T]he ſubſtance of gold is indeed invincible by the povverfulleſt action of natural heat, […]
- 2
Leading to many or important deductions.
- a powerful set of postulates
- a powerful theorem
- 3
Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- 4
Being a powerful number.not-comparable
syn. mightful · mighty · potent · powersome · strengthful · strong · forceful
ant. powerless · strengthless