POTENT Synonyms

• having great power or force or potency or effect

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

• having great influence

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• displaying superhuman strength or power

• endowed with authority

• having authority or ascendancy or influence

• of recognized authority or excellence

• used of a height or viewpoint

• driving or forcing

• tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

• exercising influence or control

• (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

• (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

• an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

• most frequent or common

• producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

• able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively

• works well as a means or remedy

• exerting force or influence

• existing in fact; not theoretical; real

• ready for service

• possessing or exerting or displaying energy

• working hard to promote an enterprise

• characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

• forceful and definite in expression or action

• extremely impressive in strength or excellence

• inspiring fear

• having or exercising influence or power

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• having or showing great strength or force or intensity

• intended or having the power to induce action or belief

• existing in possibility

• the inherent capacity for coming into being

• the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

• expected to become or be; in prospect

• powerful or influential

• sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

• marked by richness and fullness of flavor

• strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity

• rough and crude

• important in effect or meaning

• too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

• of considerable importance, size, or worth

• rich in significance or implication

• characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

• strong and active physically or mentally

• having relatively great weight; heavy

• powerfully persuasive

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry

• excessively fat