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Synonyms & Antonyms for powerful
Synonyms
heavy, heavy-duty, important, influential, mighty, potent, puissant, significant, strong
Antonyms
helpless, impotent, insignificant, little, powerless, unimportant, weak
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On Sunday, Dorian’s maximum sustained winds reached 185 mph, with gusts up to 220 mph, tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall. — RamÓn Espinosa, chicagotribune.com, "Hurricane Dorian, one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded, keeps pounding north Bahamas," 2 Sep. 2019 Fluctuations in the storm's intensity are likely but Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane over the next few days, the NHC said. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, "Hurricane Dorian is forecast to slam the northern Bahamas with devastating wind and rain that could last 24 hours," 1 Sep. 2019 As silicon transistors got smaller and more powerful over the past 50 years, things like home computers, smartphones and self-driving cars have became possible. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Milestone Carbon-Nanotube Microchip Sends First Message: ‘Hello World!’," 30 Aug. 2019 The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, a legal watchdog, has criticised the system, and in May the government put it on hold to keep its membership in the powerful EPP group of the European Parliament, which had threatened to expel it. — The Economist, "How Viktor Orban hollowed out Hungary’s democracy," 29 Aug. 2019 Size and Weight Versus the more powerful and fully featured Black Diamond Spot and Revolt models, the Iota is about three-fifths the weight and one-half the size. — Andrew Skurka, Outside Online, "Review: Black Diamond Iota Headlamp," 29 Aug. 2019 Doug Stephens, a retail expert and futurist, also argues that physical retail stores are a media channel in themselves, like advertising on Instagram or television, only more powerful. — Marc Bain, Quartzy, "At Puma’s new flagship, you come to shop but stay for the F1 racing simulators," 29 Aug. 2019 In the past few years, huge data sets with DNA from hundreds of thousands of people have made possible much more powerful studies. — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, "Genetics may explain up to 25% of same-sex behavior, giant analysis reveals," 29 Aug. 2019 His powerful voice delivers smooth, soulful pop music with aplomb. — Chip Mccabe, courant.com, "Hartbeat Music Festival: Take a listen to the 24 bands that will play for 12 hours on Hartford’s Riverfront Plaza," 27 Aug. 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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