1
often capitalized
: having absolute power over all
Almighty God
2
a
: relatively unlimited in power
an almighty board of directors
b
: having or regarded as having great power or importance
the almighty dollar
3
informal
: mighty
—used as an intensive
an almighty shock
almightiness
noun
: to a great degree : extremely
although he did not precisely starve, he was almighty hungry—
W. A. Swanberg
W. A. Swanberg
: god sense 1
—used with the
Synonyms
Adjective
- acute
- blistering
- deep
- dreadful
- excruciating
- explosive
- exquisite
- fearful
- fearsome
- ferocious
- fierce
- frightful
- furious
- ghastly
- hard
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- hellacious
- intense
- intensive
- keen
- profound
- terrible
- vehement
- vicious
- violent
Adverb
- achingly
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Noun
Examples of almighty in a Sentence
Adjective
the almighty shock that we got when we received the bill
when we are young, we want our parents to be almighty and to be able to make everything right when something goes wrong
Adverb
that's an almighty large pumpkin you've grown there
Noun
the missionaries gave thanks to the Almighty for their miraculous deliverance from death
Recent Examples on the WebRandy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
But for the artist that catches this fire, records their way out of the bedroom, and gets their hooks blasted to fame by the almighty algorithm, this is only the crossing of a threshold.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
Hoosiers hang on Despite Jackson-Davis' quiet night (10 points, eight rebounds, six assists) and almighty foul trouble in the post because of Edey's dominance, Indiana out-toughed and outworked Purdue (24-5, 13-5) across a second half as impressive as any the Hoosiers have played all season.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Although Almighty So 2 didn’t come to fruition this year, Keef lent his voice to plenty of other artists in 2023, featuring on songs with Drake, Sexyy Red, and Skrillex.
—Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2024
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Adjective
The Mavericks took the game over late in the third quarter, then saw the almighty Miami Heat cave like a sand castle caught in the South Beach tide.
—Randy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
But for the artist that catches this fire, records their way out of the bedroom, and gets their hooks blasted to fame by the almighty algorithm, this is only the crossing of a threshold.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
Adverb
Rutgers led 30-27 at halftime thanks only to a banked-in 28-footer, the other 19:58 of the half an almighty slog between two teams trading good defense and very bad offense back and forth.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
Hoosiers hang on Despite Jackson-Davis' quiet night (10 points, eight rebounds, six assists) and almighty foul trouble in the post because of Edey's dominance, Indiana out-toughed and outworked Purdue (24-5, 13-5) across a second half as impressive as any the Hoosiers have played all season.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
Noun
The most striking element of Almighty So 2, and Chief Keef’s career at this moment, is his emotional progression.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Although Almighty So 2 didn’t come to fruition this year, Keef lent his voice to plenty of other artists in 2023, featuring on songs with Drake, Sexyy Red, and Skrillex.
—Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Almighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almighty. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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