omnipotent

²om·nip·o·tent

noun \äm-ˈni-pə-tənt\

Definition of OMNIPOTENT

1

: one who has unlimited power or authority : one who is omnipotent

2

capitalized : god 1

Examples of OMNIPOTENT

1. He pursued his own thoughts without heeding me. ‘Jane! you think me, I daresay, an irreligious dog: but my heart swells with gratitude to the beneficent God of this earth just now. … I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower—breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me.’ —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847

Origin of OMNIPOTENT

(see ¹omnipotent)

First Known Use: 1600

Rhymes with OMNIPOTENT

plenipotent, pluripotent, precipitant