puissant[adjective]Synonyms: powerful, forceful, forcible, mighty, potent
Antonyms: impuissant
Contrasted words: ineffectual, inefficacious, powerless
Related Words: influential,
commanding,
ruling [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
puissant adjective.
['pju:ɪs(ǝ)nt, 'pwi:-, 'pwɪ-] arch. &
poet. LME.[Old & mod. French, from Proto-Gallo-Romance (from Latin posse be able), for Latin potent-: see POTENT adjective2, -ANT1.]Having great authority or influence; mighty, strong, powerful.
■ puissantness noun M16. ■ puissantly adverb LME. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲