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

powerful \pow"erful\, 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.
      1913 webster

            the powerful grace that lies
            in herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. mining large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
      1913 webster

   syn: mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
        energetic; intense.
        1913 webster -- pow"erfully, adv. --
        pow"erfulness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
pow"erfully pow"erfulness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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-downa
     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
see also:
powerless knock-downa cogent potent brawny hefty 
muscular sinewy herculean mighty right 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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

powerful
     
         a language combining functional programming and
        logic programming, using "angelic powerdomains".
     
        1998-06-30
     
     
see also:
functional programming logic programming 

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