powerfulness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpaʊɚfəlnəs/ UK /ˈpaʊəfəlnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being powerful; strength or force The powerfulness of the engine surprised the test drivers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... strengthpowerforcemightpotencyvigorforcefulness ↔ Opposites weaknesspowerlessnessfeebleness Word family Related forms powerpowerfulpowerless Etymology AI details From powerful (power + -ful) + -ness. Power derives from Old French poeir ('to be able'), from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin posse ('to be able'). poeir Old French posse Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # powerfulness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpaʊɚfəlnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpaʊəfəlnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being powerful; strength or force ## Examples - The powerfulness of the engine surprised the test drivers. ## Synonyms - strength - power - force - might - potency - vigor - forcefulness ## Antonyms - weakness - powerlessness - feebleness ## Related Forms - power - powerful - powerless ## Roots and Affixes - Root: poeir - Root: posse ## Etymology From powerful (power + -ful) + -ness. Power derives from Old French poeir ('to be able'), from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin posse ('to be able'). ## AI Etymology Powerfulness is from powerful (power + -ful) + -ness. Power derives from Old French poeir ('to be able'), from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin posse ('to be able'). Important recorded forms include poeir (Old French) and posse (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the quality of being powerful; strength or force. The wider family includes related words such as power, powerful, and powerless. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown