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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, adjective
1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.
The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. --Shak.
2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adverb -- {Pow"er*ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
powerful
adjective
1: having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" [ant: {powerless}]
2: strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow" [syn: {knock-down(a)}]
3: having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments" [syn: {cogent}, {potent}]
4: (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: {brawny}, {hefty}, {muscular}, {sinewy}]
5: displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions" [syn: {herculean}]
adverb: (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place" [syn: {mighty}, {right}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
144 Moby Thesaurus words for "powerful": absolute, acid, armipotent, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, beefy, biting, bouncing, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, cogent, commanding, compelling, competent, comprehensive, consequential, considerable, controlling, corrosive, cutting, deep, dominant, doughty, driving, duly constituted, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, eminent, empowered, enchanting, energetic, estimable, ex officio, exhaustive, forceful, forcible, forcy, formidable, full, full-blooded, full-strength, governing, grand, grave, great, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, heavy, hefty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, husky, imperative, important, impressive, in force, in power, incisive, influential, intense, iron-hard, irresistible, leading, lusty, magnetic, main, maximum, mighty, mighty in battle, momentous, monocratic, mordant, nervous, nervy, obstinate, official, operative, penetrating, personable, persuasive, piercing, plenary, poignant, potent, preeminent, prepotent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, punchy, ranking, red-blooded, reputable, resilient, robust, robustious, rugged, ruling, senior, sensational, serious, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, stalwart, steely, stout, strapping, striking, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, suasive, substantial, superior, supreme, telling, total, totalitarian, tough, trenchant, valid, vigorous, vital, weighty, winning
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
PowerFuL A language combining {functional programming} and {logic programming}, using "angelic Powerdomains". (1998-06-30)
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