Synonyms of puissant

puissant

adjective

ˈpwi-sᵊnt 

as in powerful

having great power or influence

one of the nation's most respected and puissant advocates for the rights of minorities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• powerful
• influential
• significant
• potent
• mighty
• strong
• important
• prominent
• senior
• heavy
• heavy-duty
• capable
• effective
• efficient
• top
• competent
• distinguished
• high-level
• outstanding
• illustrious
• dominant
• famous
• eminent
• able
• renowned
• great
• despotic
• celebrated
• robust
• notable
• tyrannical
• noble
• vigorous
• famed
• authoritarian
• autocratic
• notorious
• dictatorial
• dynamic
• prestigious
• magisterial
• energetic
• noteworthy
• forceful
• preeminent
• high-powered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• impotent
• weak
• powerless
• insignificant
• feeble
• helpless
• unimportant
• frail
• flimsy
• infirm
• obscure
• unknown
• anonymous
• nameless
• incapable
• ineffective
• incompetent
• unskilled
• unfit
• unqualified
• inept
• inexpert
• uncelebrated
• unskillful

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of puissant

The show is light on tech, but the accompanying images (video design by Stefano DeCarli) pour through as addendums to Felder’s puissant passion of Liszt’s Liebesträume or Beethoven’s Für Elise and land with great effect. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026

Coffee gave us the Enlightenment, and insurance, and the most puissant bop of summer 2024. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2025