First Known Use: before 12th century
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1almighty
adjective al·mighty \ȯl-ˈmī-tē\
: having complete power
: having a great deal of power or importance
: very great or loud
Full Definition of ALMIGHTY
1
often capitalized : having absolute power over all <Almighty God>
2
a : relatively unlimited in power <an almighty board of directors> b : having or regarded as having great power or importance <the almighty dollar>
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Origin of ALMIGHTY
Middle English, from Old English ealmihtig, from eall all + mihtig mighty
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2almighty
adverb
Definition of ALMIGHTY
: to a great degree : extremely <although he did not precisely starve, he was almighty hungry — W. A. Swanberg>
First Known Use of ALMIGHTY
1833
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- Synonyms
- achingly, very, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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Almighty
noun
Definition of ALMIGHTY
: god 1 —used with the
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First Known Use of ALMIGHTY
before 12th century
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almighty
adjective , al·mighty often cap \ȯl-ˈmī-tē\
Definition of ALMIGHTY for Kids
: having absolute power over all <Almighty God>
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