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• almighty
  almighty

  adjective

  having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.
• Almighty
  Almighty

  noun

  another name for God

almighty

American  

[awl-mahy-tee] / ɔlˈmaɪ ti /

adjective

1. having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.

   Synonyms:

   all-powerful, sovereign, supreme

2. having very great power, influence, etc..

   The almighty press condemned him without trial.

3. Informal. extreme; terrible.

   He's in an almighty fix.

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adverb

1. Informal. extremely.

   It's almighty hot.

noun

1. the Almighty, God.

almighty ¹ British  

/ ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ /

adjective

1. all-powerful; omnipotent

2. informal (intensifier)

   an almighty row

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adverb

1. informal (intensifier)

   an almighty loud bang

Almighty ² British  

/ ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ /

noun

1. another name for God

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Other Word Forms

• almightiness
  noun
• almightily
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of almighty

before 900; Middle English; Old English ælmihtig, ealmihtig, equivalent to æl-, eal- all (cognate with Old Norse al- < *ol-o- ) + mihtig ( miht, meaht might ² + -ig -y ¹ ); cf. Alemanni

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Explanation

Anything that's almighty is extremely powerful. In fact, being almighty gives something (or someone) an infinite amount of power. Originally, the adjective almighty was capitalized and used to refer to God. It comes from the Old English ælmihtig, "all-powerful." You could also describe something that's almighty as "omnipotent" or even "godlike." Today people often use almighty in a sarcastic or ironic way to talk about things that exert a ridiculously huge amount of control over people: "All he cares about is the almighty dollar."

Example Sentences

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Scientists believe that S301 was once part of a binary star system that was torn apart by the almighty pull of the black hole.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Putting him on the almighty dollar would be the crowning achievement of these efforts.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Having overcome his almighty first-round scare at Wimbledon, Sinner produced dominant straight-set wins in each of his next five matches on route to the final.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

World number one Jannik Sinner survived an almighty scare as he began his Wimbledon title defence with a five-set comeback victory over inspired opponent Miomir Kecmanovic.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

There was an almighty bang as the door opened.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

“So 95% of our force recognizes an Almighty God,” he said.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

She believed her craft, a gift from the Almighty, emerged from her conversations with God and lifelong dreamlike visions of Genesis, Revelation and the Great Flood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Brendan Greeley’s “The Almighty Dollar,” published in May, highlights another complication.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

In childhood, he paints an abstract picture of God in which the Almighty eerily resembles a movie camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

My thoughts would compel utterance; and there, with no audience but the Almighty, I would pour out my soul’s complaint, in my rude way, with an apostrophe to the moving multitude of ships:—

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

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