| Main Entry: | powerful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, effective |
Synonyms: |
able, all-powerful, almighty, authoritarian, authoritative, capable, cogent, commanding, compelling, competent, controlling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, effectual, efficacious, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, in control, in the saddle, influential, mighty, omnipotent, overruling, paramount, persuasive, potent, preeminent, prevailing, puissant, robust, ruling, sovereign, stalwart, strapping, strengthy, sturdy, supreme, telling, upper hand, vigorous, weighty, wicked*, wieldy |
Antonyms: |
impotent, incapable, ineffective, unable, weak |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of performing; having an innate capacity |
Synonyms: |
adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
Antonyms: |
ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform well; having a proven capacity |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it |
Antonyms: |
delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak |
| Main Entry: | able-bodied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically strong and capable |
Synonyms: |
firm, fit, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, lusty, powerful, robust, staunch, stout, strapping, sturdy, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
delicate, infirm, weak |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, intense |
Synonyms: |
cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent |
| Main Entry: | athletic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile; prepared to participate in sports |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, active, brawny, energetic, fit, lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
unathletic |
| Main Entry: | big |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
big league, big-time, consequential, considerable, eminent, heavy-duty, heavyweight, influential, leading, main, major league, material, meaningful, momentous, paramount, popular, powerful, prime, principal, prominent, serious, significant, substantial, super, super colossal, valuable, weighty |
Antonyms: |
blah, bland, dull, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, across-the-board, all-inclusive, overall, powerful, sweeping, unconditional, wide-ranging |
Antonyms: |
incomplete, uncomprehensive |
| Main Entry: | brawny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muscular, strong |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, athletic, beefy, bulky, burly, fleshy, hardy, hefty, husky, powerful, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strapping, sturdy, thewy, tough, vigorous, vital |
Antonyms: |
frail, skinny, slight, thin, weak |
| Main Entry: | burly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | husky |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, athletic, beefcake, beefy, big, brawny, bruising, bulky, gorillalike, hefty, hulking, hulky, hunk, muscular, portly, powerful, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built |
Antonyms: |
light, slim, small, thin |