omnipotent

¹om·nip·o·tent

adj \äm-ˈni-pə-tənt\

Definition of OMNIPOTENT

1

often capitalized : almighty 1

2

: having virtually unlimited authority or influence <an omnipotent ruler>

3

obsolete : arrant

— om·nip·o·tent·ly adverb

Examples of OMNIPOTENT

1. <the nearly universal religious belief that God is omnipotent and omniscient>
2. Rockefeller mostly left the uncertain task of drilling to thousands of independent producers, who then competed furiously to sell him crude oil at the cheapest possible price. As a result, he was loathed by the drillers, who saw him as an omnipotent deity shadowing their lives. —Ron Chernow, Vanity Fair, May 1998
3. Whether or not the Big Bang truly implies that the universe was created out of nothing by an omnipotent deity in a wholly gratuitous act of love, it does demonstrate that the universe is, as philosophers say, contingent—that is, it need not have existed. —Jim Holt, Harper's, November 1994
4. Tad fixes another round and by the time you all troop out of the bathroom you are feeling omnipotent. —Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, 1984

Origin of OMNIPOTENT

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens, from omni- + potent-, potens potent

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to OMNIPOTENT

Synonyms: all-powerful, almighty

Related Words: great, sovereign (also sovran), supreme, towering, transcendent; authoritative, chief, majestic, master, masterful; mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, strong; divine, godlike; able, capable, competent, effective, efficient; multitalented, omnicompetent, omnificent; authoritarian, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical (also tyrannic)

Near Antonyms: helpless, impotent, impuissant, powerless; limited, restricted; hamstrung, handcuffed, high and dry, hog-tied, paralyzed, weak; incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, unfit, useless; feeble, frail, infirm

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