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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

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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

He spent a year making an almighty nuisance of himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

It has a chorus that would make Celine Dion jealous, and features a baroque piano breakdown before an almighty key change in the final refrain.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

That was until Farke made an almighty roll of the dice, summoning Calvert-Lewin and defender Jaka Bijol from the bench to switch from a 4-3-3 to a 3-5-2.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

“But I promise you this,” he says, “no matter what happens, it’s gonna be okay. Your almighty, all-knowing big brother will make sure of that.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

But, you will have an Almighty God to comfort you, a family who loves you and a country that is pulling for you, including me,” the handwritten note from Bush says in part.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Pray, invoke Almighty God and hope that your prayers will be answered," he told the worshippers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

And let’s not get started with social media “influencers” except to say that doing the right and honest thing has been swept aside by the twin tsunamis of popularity and the Almighty Buck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025

And then there’s always the counsel of the Lord Almighty.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2024

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