potent
adjective
1. having great influence
Similar word(s): influential, powerful
2. possessing strength or power.
- providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons
Similar word(s): powerful, strong
3. having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- a potent toxin
- potent liquor
- a potent cup of tea
Similar word(s): effective, effectual, efficacious, fertile, equipotent, multipotent, powerful, stiff, strong
4. (of a male) capable of procreate.
Similar word(s): virile
Sentences with potent as an adjective:
- a potent argument
- a potent medicine
noun
1. (heraldry) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
2. (obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
3. (obsolete) A staff or crutch.