powerful
adjectiveHaving or capable of exerting power.
adjectiveEffective or potent.
adjectiveGreat.
adverbVery.
Very: as, powerful good; powerful weak.
Exerting great force or power; able to produce great physical effects; strong; efficient: as, a powerful engine; a powerful blow; a powerful medicine.
Having great authority; puissant; potent; mighty: as, a powerful nation.
Characterized by great intellectual power.
Having great influence or moral power; cogent; efficacious.
Great; numerous; numerically large. Compare