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Synonyms
heavy, heavy-duty, important, influential, mighty, potent, puissant, significant, strong
Antonyms
helpless, impotent, insignificant, little, powerless, unimportant, weak
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Accepting the Lifetime Leadership Award, Hill delivered a powerful speech and call to action. — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "Anita Hill Delivers a Powerful Call to Action at the 2019 DVF Awards," 12 Apr. 2019 After trying increasingly powerful medications, her typically straight-laced parents finally countenanced the idea of giving their child marijuana. — Amber Senter, Marie Claire, "We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a Privilege," 11 Apr. 2019 Their latest release is a powerful ballad that comments on female empowerment. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "Little Big Town Caused Controversy With Their Polarizing ACMs Performance," 8 Apr. 2019 And finally, there's the powerful Retinol Complex ($68), which boasts a hgh-potency formula of .3 percent retinol, to smooth fine lines over time. — Alexis Rhiannon, Allure, "Amazon Just Launched WorksBeauty, a New Skin-Care Line That Literally Guarantees Fast Results," 2 Apr. 2019 The powerful advice from her father sparked something else besides joy for her—gratitude. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Marie Kondo Reveals How Fame Changed Her—and the Advice That Opened Her Eyes," 14 Mar. 2019 The default software suite for elementary OS does a good job of balancing simplicity and ease-of-use against powerful features. — Scott Gilbertson, Ars Technica, "A tour of elementary OS, perhaps the Linux world’s best hope for the mainstream," 28 Dec. 2018 Kandahar deputy provincial governor Agha Lala Dastageri said powerful provincial police chief Abdul Razik -- a longtime and key U.S. ally -- and provincial intelligence chief Abdul Mohmin were killed immediately. — Fox News, "2 Americans wounded, top general escapes harm in deadly shooting at governor's mansion in Afghanistan," 18 Oct. 2018 We were blessed to work with a lot of powerful, amazing females this season. — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, "Designer Bobby Berk Dishes on Queer Eye's New Season," 15 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'powerful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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