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Synonyms for potent
ˈpoʊt ntpo·tent

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  1. potentadjective

    Antonyms:
    impotent

  2. potentadjective

    Antonyms:
    impotent

  3. potentadjective

    Antonyms:
    impotent

  4. potentadjective

    Antonyms:
    impotent

  5. potentadjective

    Antonyms:
    impotent

  6. potentadjective

    Antonyms:
    impotent

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. potent

    Synonyms:
    powerful, efficacious, effective, active, strong, energetic

    Antonyms:
    weak, impotent, inefficient, ineffective, inactive, fruitless, inoperative

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. potent, powerfuladjective

    having great influence

    Synonyms:
    muscular, hefty, stiff, brawny, herculean, virile, sinewy, powerful, strong, knock-down(a)

    Antonyms:
    powerless, impotent, uninfluential, impuissant, ineffectual, ineffective, unable

  2. potent, strongadjective

    having or wielding force or authority

    "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

    Synonyms:
    firm, inviolable, unassailable, stiff, warm, hard, virile, unattackable, solid, impregnable, powerful, strong, secure, substantial

    Antonyms:
    impuissant, ineffectual, impotent, unable, ineffective, powerless, uninfluential

  3. potent, strong, stiffadjective

    having a strong physiological or chemical effect

    "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"

    Synonyms:
    stiff, slopped, pissed, steadfast, blind drunk, unfaltering, inviolable, besotted, solid, secure, buckram, warm, unassailable, pixilated, cockeyed, crocked, substantial, powerful, plastered, fuddled, tight, firm, hard, unattackable, soused, soaked, sozzled, virile, squiffy, unbendable, unshakable, blotto, unwavering, rigid, impregnable, pie-eyed, sloshed, smashed, strong, starchy, loaded, wet, steady

    Antonyms:
    uninfluential, ineffective, unable, impotent, powerless, ineffectual, impuissant

  4. potent, virileadjective

    (of a male) capable of copulation

    Synonyms:
    manlike, strong, stiff, male, manly, virile, powerful, manful

    Antonyms:
    unable, impotent, ineffectual, powerless, impuissant, ineffective, uninfluential

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  1. cogentadjective

    Submitted by Providence on July 16, 2023  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. potentadjective

    Synonyms:
    powerful, mighty, forcible, puissant, strong, efficacious, cogent, influential

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 1 vote

  1. potentadjective

    Synonyms:
    powerful, forcible, cogent, effective, strong

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "potent":

    powerful, mighty, strong

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How to use potent in a sentence?

  1. Adam Schiff:

    Late last year, multiple news organizations reported that mobile phones used by U.S. diplomats in Uganda had been compromised by NASA's Pegasus tool, it is my belief that we are very likely looking at the tip of the iceberg and that other U.S. government personnel have had their devices compromised, whether by a nation state using NSA services or tools offered by one of its lesser known but equally potent competitors.

  2. Caron Beaton-Wells:

    The ACCC has long said ... that the most potent deterrent for cartel conduct is a potential jail term, i don't think it's a sudden decision to ramp up, just that it's taken a long time to find conduct for proceeding criminally.

  3. A. L. Kitselman:

    The words 'I am...' are potent words be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.

  4. Donna Iula:

    If you think carfentanil is scary, there are actually compounds in the literature that are more potent, a lethal dose is not even visible to the eye.

  5. Tony Abbott:

    Plainly there are questions to be asked when someone with such a history of infatuation with extremism, violent crime and mental instability should be in possession of a gun license, we have very tough gun laws and I guess we can be pleased that he didn't have a more potent weapon at his disposal. But why did he have a gun license in the first place?


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