Adjective: potent pow-t(u)nt
- Having great influence
"Her potent arguments swayed the jury";
- powerful
- Having or wielding force or authority
"providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons";
- strong
- Having a strong physiological or chemical effect
"a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea";
- strong, stiff
- (of a male) capable of copulation
"The breeding program relied on potent stallions";
- virile
See also: effective, effectiveness, effectual, efficacious, equipotent, fertile, influential, multipotent, potency, powerful, strength
Antonym: impotent
Encyclopedia: Potent