having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.
having very great power, influence, etc..
The almighty press condemned him without trial.
Informal. extreme; terrible.
He's in an almighty fix.
all-powerful; omnipotent
informal (intensifier)
an almighty row
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
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."
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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
Kareem Badawi, a University of Alabama freshman whose father posted online that he prayed to “Allah Almighty to shower his mercy on him, and give us patience and strength.”
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
Reflecting on water privatisation in her memoirs, Margaret Thatcher wrote that "the rain may come from the Almighty but he did not send the pipes, plumbing and engineering to go with it".
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
"May the Almighty guide you in your governorship, Sancho," his master said.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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