Powerful Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Powerful crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on December 5 2024 USA Today Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Powerful has a total of 6 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | STRONG | Powerful | USA Today |
| 20% | TURBOS | Powerful engines | New York Times |
| 20% | GALE | Powerful wind | Eugene Sheffer |
| 20% | ODORS | Powerful memory triggers | Newsday |
| 20% | WEAKER | Less powerful | Thomas Joseph |
Definition
| • | Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. |
| • | Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. |
| • | Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. |
| • | Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. |
| • | Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. |
| • | Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. |
| • | Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. |
| • | Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. |
| • | Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. |
| • | Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. |
| • | Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. |
| • | Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. |
| • | Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. |
| • | Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. |
| • | Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. |
| • | Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. |
| • | Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. |
| • | Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. |
| • | Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak. |
| • | Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- USA Today: Dec 5, 2024
- Eugene Sheffer: Jan 4, 2023
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