Exerting great force or power; able to produce great physical effects; strong; efficient: as, a powerful engine; a powerful blow; a powerful medicine.Having great authority; puissant; potent; mighty: as, a powerful nation.Characterized by great intellectual power.Having great influence or moral power; cogent; efficacious.Great; numerous; numerically large. Compare power, 10.Synonyms Puissant, forcible, cogent, influential; vigorous, robust, sturdy.Very: as, powerful good; powerful weak.