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omnipotent

[ om-nip-uh-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. almighty or infinite in power, as God.
  2. having very great or unlimited authority or power.

    Synonyms: supreme, mighty, powerful

    Antonyms: helpless, powerless, impotent



noun

  1. an omnipotent being.
  2. the Omnipotent, God.

omnipotent

/ ɒmˈnɪpətənt /

adjective

  1. having very great or unlimited power
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the Omnipotent
    an epithet for God
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • omˈnipotently, adverb
  • omˈnipotence, noun
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Other Words From

  • om·nipo·tent·ly adverb
  • unom·nipo·tent adjective
  • unom·nipo·tent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of omnipotent1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin omnipotent-, stem of omnipotēns “all-powerful”; equivalent to omni- + potent 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of omnipotent1

C14: via Old French from Latin omnipotens all-powerful, from omni- + potens, from posse to be able
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Example Sentences

Why it needed to be a mysterious omnipotent organization, I don’t know; perhaps plain old racketeers and crooked gamblers felt insufficiently nefarious to power a boxing story in 2024.

Both men practiced what Calvin Coolidge preached — that persistence and determination are omnipotent.

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And in Los Angeles that was even more significant because until the early years of the last decade, Dr. Dre acted as an almost omnipotent gatekeeper controlling the levers of L.A. commercial hip-hop.

In the Genesis myth, Abraham doesn’t only leave Ur; he smashes its idols and even prepares to sacrifice his own son Isaac at the command of a hidden but omnipotent Interlocutor.

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Though not quite as omnipotent, Hollywood agents have also made their way into speeches with a total of 48 mentions.

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