Potent meaning

pōt'nt
(of a male) Able to procreate.
adjective
2
0
Having great control or authority.
adjective
0
0
Convincing; cogent.

A potent argument.

adjective
0
0
Effective or powerful in action, as a drug or drink.
adjective
0
0
Able to have an erection and hence to engage in sexual intercourse.
adjective
0
0
Advertisement
Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects.
adjective
0
0
Able to achieve and maintain an erection that allows for sexual intercourse. Used of a male.
adjective
0
0
Possessing strength.

A potent argument.

adjective
0
0
Being effective in small quantities.

A potent medicine.

adjective
0
0
Having a sharp or offensive taste.
adjective
0
0
Advertisement
adjective
0
0
(heraldry) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
noun
0
0
The definition of potent is something or someone with great power, authority or effect.

An example of something that would be described as potent is a powerful weapon that can defeat the enemy.

adjective
0
1
Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
adjective
0
1
Able to achieve and maintain an erection that allows for sexual intercourse. Used of a male.
adjective
0
1
Advertisement
Having authority or power; mighty; influential.

A potent monarch.

adjective
0
1

Origin of potent

  • Middle English from Latin potēns potent- present participle of posse to be able poti- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin potens (“powerful, strong, potent"), present participle of posse (“to be able"), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master").
    From Wiktionary

Potent Sentence Examples

  • The belief exercises a potent moral influence.

  • Too aware of him, she tensed as he crouched beside her, the scent too potent to be a dream.

  • The extent and glamour of his empire exercised a potent spell on western Europe.

  • If he could get potent drugs to cure disease he was content, and he worked very hard in an empirical way to make them.

  • It is a singular circumstance that reciprocal crosses are not always or even often possible; thus, one rhododendron may afford pollen perfectly potent on the stigma of another kind, by the pollen of which latter its own stigma is unaffected.

More sentences →

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near potent in the Dictionary