powerful: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 16 letter points · starts with P · ends with L
Meaning of powerful
adj
Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
Leading to many or important deductions.
Example: a powerful set of postulates
Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- not-comparable
Being a powerful number.
Listed forms: powreful, powrefull.
Source: Wiktionary — powerful.
adv
- Southern-US, archaic, dialectal
very; extremely
Listed forms: powreful, powrefull.
Source: Wiktionary — powerful.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for powerful.
adjective
strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
- knock-down
adjective
having great influence
adjective
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
adjective
displaying superhuman strength or power
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of powerful
P(3) + O(1) + W(4) + E(1) + R(1) + F(4) + U(1) + L(1) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of powerful
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from powerful
103 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in powerful. Showing up to 24, longest first.