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

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1. potent

   Synonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

   Antonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

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1. potent

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

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

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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  

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1. potentadjective

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

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1. potentadjective

   Synonyms:
   powerful, forcible, cogent, effective, strong

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1. List of paraphrases for "potent":

   powerful, mighty, strong

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1. Lionel Fatton:

   China needs levers to deter Taiwan from taking undesirable courses of action, especially independence-leaning initiatives, for these levers to be potent, China must( 1) have the( military) capabilities to activate them if needed, and( 2) the threat to do so must be credible in the eyes of Taipei.

2. Igor Stravinsky:

   What force is more potent than love?

3. okike chrisanctus:

   Even the most potent hash When spent eventually becomes ash The most needed now is cash But then, for it you must nt rush

4. Tim Soutphommasane:

   There is a strong protectionist streak in the national psyche, in the past, this had its most potent expression in the form of the Fortress Australia immigration policy.

5. Katherine Franke:

   The ERA's not tied in any way to the status quo version of equality, and in that sense, it should cover forms of discrimination that may be unintentional but quite potent.