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Synonyms & Antonyms of puissant
having great power or influence
- one of the nation's most respected and puissant advocates for the rights of minorities
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Words Related to puissant
- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- magisterial,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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The first known use of puissant was in the 15th century
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