powerful

Definition

  • adjective: having the ability to control or influence people or things
  • adjective: having great 'power', prestige, or influence
  • synonyms: efficacious, potent, forcible

Examples

  • a 'powerfully' built man [=a man with a body that looks very strong]

  • The cash bonus provides a 'powerful' incentive to workers.

  • His new computer is more 'powerful' than the one I have.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) with this wand, My Lord, ... in the last few hours alone. No! No! I am extra-ordinary. But the wand resists me. There is no wand more powerful. Ollivander himself has said it. Tonight, when the boy comes. It will not fail you, I am sure of it... It answers to you, and you only. Does it? (..)
    2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  • (..) I could ask you the same. You have something of mine. I'd like it back. What's wrong with the one you have? It's my mother's. It's powerful, but it's... ... not the same. Doesn't quite understand me. You know what I mean? Why didn't you tell her? Bellatrix? (..)
    2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2