Synonyms for Powell
ˈpoʊ əl, ˈpaʊ- for 2,3 ; ˈpaʊ- for 6,4,5pow·ell

Princeton's WordNet

1. Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powellnoun

   United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

2. Powell, Cecil Frank Powellnoun

   English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)

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1. • General
   • Physicist
   • Statesman

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1. List of paraphrases for "powell":

   powel, bowell, first

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1. Randall Kroszner:

   What they are hoping to hear from Jay Powell is that New York Federal Reserve will move to reduce inflation, but will be sufficiently confident that New York Federal Reserve can reverse course early next year. I don't think they're going to hear that.

2. Woody Bair:

   We're concerned, as Lake Powell has gone down over all the years, we worry,' Is Flaming Gorge going to get to the point where it doesn't generate electricity or goes way, way down ?'.

3. Bill Dudley:

   In the past, when Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell've pushed up the unemployment rate, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell've almost never been able to avoid a full-fledged recession, the problem the Fed faces is they're just late.

4. Donald Trump:

   Jerome Powell's my pick. And I disagree with Jerome Powell entirely, frankly, if we had a different person in the Federal Reserve that wouldn't have raised interest rates so much, we would have been at least a point and a half higher.

5. Janet Yellen:

   I think that Chair Powell has certainly done a good job.