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Type Words
Synonyms powerful
Type Words
Synonyms strong
Derivation potency


providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons.
Type Words
Synonyms virile
Derivation potency
Type Words
Synonyms stiff, strong
Derivation potency


a potent toxin.
potent liquor.
a potent cup of tea.

Examples of potent

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The Bucs have done it with a potent offense averaging nearly 40 points per game.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Parkinson is banking on Hanson and Fagan to form a potent attacking partnership.
From the thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
The latter is the more potent, and is produced when testosterone is broken down.
From the newscientist.com
Right now, E85 is slightly less potent and more expensive, but it has potential.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Melanie Lacey and Katie Hogan are a potent one-two scoring punch for Scott City.
From the stltoday.com
For those who survived the sinking, memories of the band were especially potent.
From the washingtonpost.com
They held the league's most potent offense without a goal for nearly 60 minutes.
From the bostonherald.com
The offense, still potent, goes through Stanwick on every possession, by design.
From the bostonherald.com
In football, he and Willie Armstead formed a potent one-two duo for the Typhoon.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Having great influence
  • Having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
  • Having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
  • (of a male) capable of copulation
  • (potently) in a manner having a powerful influence; "Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind"
  • (potence) potency: the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
  • In the field of pharmacology, potency is a measure of drug activity expressed in terms of the amount required to produce an effect of given intensity. A highly potent drug (e.g. ...
  • (Potency (stem cell)) Stem cells are cells found in all multi cellular organisms. They are characterized by the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division and differentiate into a diverse range of specialized cell types. ...
  • Possessing strength; Being effective in small quantities; Having a sharp or offensive taste; able to procreate; very powerful or effective