Forceful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forceful \Force"ful\, a.
     Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. --
     {Force"ful*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Against the steed he threw


           His forceful spear.                      --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forceful
       adj 1: characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not
              necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a
              forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a
              forceful plan for peace" [ant: {forceless}]
       2: forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document
          contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious
          liberty" [syn: {emphatic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  147 Moby Thesaurus words for "forceful":
     accented, accentuated, acid, active, acute, adventuresome,
     adventurous, aggressive, ambitious, animated, armipotent,
     assertive, authoritative, beefy, biting, bouncing, brisk, cogent,
     compelling, constraining, convincing, corrosive, cutting, decided,
     doughty, driving, dynamic, effective, efficacious, emphasized,
     emphatic, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, forcible, forcy,
     full of pep, full-blooded, full-strength, go-ahead, go-go, gutsy,
     gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, hefty,
     high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, husky,
     hustling, imperative, impetuous, impressive, in force, in power,
     in red letters, incisive, insistent, intense, iron-hard,
     irresistible, italicized, keen, kinetic, lively, living, logical,
     lusty, manful, meaty, mettlesome, mighty, mighty in battle,
     mordant, nervous, nervy, obstinate, operative, penetrating, peppy,
     persuasive, piercing, pithy, poignant, pointed, positive, potent,
     powerful, prepotent, puissant, punchy, punctuated, pushful,
     pushing, pushy, red-blooded, resounding, robust, robustious,
     rugged, ruling, sensational, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, smacking,
     snappy, spanking, spirited, stalwart, starred, steely, stout,
     strapping, strenuous, stressed, striking, strong, strong as brandy,
     strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, take-charge, take-over,
     telling, trenchant, underlined, underscored, up-and-coming, valid,
     venturesome, venturous, vibrant, vigorous, virile, vital,
     vivacious, vivid, weighty, zestful, zesty, zippy