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potent
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of POTENT
1
having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor) <a potent tea that is the perfect morning pick-me-up>
Related Words heavy; straight, undiluted, unmixed; high-octane, high-test; enriched, fortified; concentrated
2
having great power or influence <a potent argument for expanding our program of space exploration>
Related Words high-level, senior, top; able, capable, competent, effective, efficient; authoritarian, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical (also tyrannic); celebrated, distinguished, dominant, eminent, famed, famous, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, notorious, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, renowned; dynamic, energetic, forceful, high-powered, robust, vigorous
Near Antonyms feeble, flimsy, frail, infirm; anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown; incapable, incompetent, ineffective, inept, inexpert, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful
3
producing or capable of producing a desired result <potent medicine that can be obtained through a doctor's prescription>
Related Words hyperefficient, ultraefficient; adequate, capable, competent; accomplished, adept, consummate, experienced, expert, masterly, practiced (also practised), proficient, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso; cogent, convincing, killer, sound, striking, telling, valid; active, dynamic; useful, working; applicable, feasible, functional, practicable, practical, realizable, usable (also useable), workable
Near Antonyms counterproductive; incapable, incompetent, inexperienced, inexpert, unqualified, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful; abortive, bootless, futile, vain; empty, hollow, idle, pointless, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful; inoperative, worthless
Antonyms fruitless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, inoperative, unfruitful, unproductive, useless
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