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

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Put your hand down,\Nyou silly girl! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,For your information, Potter... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful\Nit is known as the Draught of the Living Dead. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone