Powerful

4 definitions found

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

  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.
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              The powerful grace that lies
              In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
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     Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
          energetic; intense.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv. --
          {Pow"er*ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  powerful
       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)}]
       3: having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent
          analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments" [syn: {cogent},
           {potent}]
       4: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight;
          rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular
          boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular},
           {sinewy}]
       5: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean
          exertions" [syn: {herculean}]
       adv : (Southern regional intensive) very; "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" [syn: {mighty}, {right}]

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

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "powerful":
     absolute, acid, armipotent, ascendant, authoritarian,
     authoritative, authorized, autocratic, beefy, biting, bouncing,
     charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, cogent, commanding,
     compelling, competent, comprehensive, consequential, considerable,
     controlling, corrosive, cutting, deep, dominant, doughty, driving,
     duly constituted, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious,
     eminent, empowered, enchanting, energetic, estimable, ex officio,
     exhaustive, forceful, forcible, forcy, formidable, full,
     full-blooded, full-strength, governing, grand, grave, great, gutsy,
     gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, heavy, hefty,
     hegemonic, hegemonistic, high, high-potency, high-powered,
     high-pressure, high-tension, husky, imperative, important,
     impressive, in force, in power, incisive, influential, intense,
     iron-hard, irresistible, leading, lusty, magnetic, main, maximum,
     mighty, mighty in battle, momentous, monocratic, mordant, nervous,
     nervy, obstinate, official, operative, penetrating, personable,
     persuasive, piercing, plenary, poignant, potent, preeminent,
     prepotent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, punchy, ranking,
     red-blooded, reputable, resilient, robust, robustious, rugged,
     ruling, senior, sensational, serious, sinewed, sinewy, slashing,
     stalwart, steely, stout, strapping, striking, strong,
     strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, suasive,
     substantial, superior, supreme, telling, total, totalitarian,
     tough, trenchant, valid, vigorous, vital, weighty, winning
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PowerFuL
       
           A language combining {functional programming} and
          {logic programming}, using "angelic Powerdomains".
       
          (1998-06-30)