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 WebABC News, 21 July 2024
Leave it to the Brits to do folk horror right (The Wicker Man from 1973 being the almighty model).
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2024
Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
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
Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2024
What People Think Opinions related to campaigns and elections submitted to The Hill:
Biden’s bad-debate excuse tour assumes voters are stupid
The Lord Almighty speaks to Joe Biden
How Kamala Harris could save the Democratic Party (but probably won’t)
You’re all caught up.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for almighty 
Adjective
The president always says, don’t compare him to the almighty.
—ABC News, 21 July 2024
Leave it to the Brits to do folk horror right (The Wicker Man from 1973 being the almighty model).
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 July 2024
Adverb
For decades during and after the Cold War, Turkey’s secularist devlet baba was seen as omnipotent, powerful, and almighty.
—Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2023
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
Noun
Ark Encounter:Learn about a biblical story or live out your 'Evan Almighty' dreams at the Ark Encounter
When is the '40 Days and 40 Nights of Christian Music' festival at Ark Encounter?
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2024
What People Think Opinions related to campaigns and elections submitted to The Hill:
Biden’s bad-debate excuse tour assumes voters are stupid
The Lord Almighty speaks to Joe Biden
How Kamala Harris could save the Democratic Party (but probably won’t)
You’re all caught up.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for almighty
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“Almighty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almighty. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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