Collocations for "powerful"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "powerful" in context.
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powerful
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- has a powerful [motor, engine]
- is a powerful [machine, politician, man]
- has powerful [arms, muscles]
- a powerful new [computer, service, feature, system]
- a powerful [tool, strategy, method] for
- a powerful weapon (in the fight) against [disease, cancer, corruption]
- is powerful enough to [destroy, break, go through]
- was a powerful [speech, book, story]
- is powerful [information, research]
- could be powerful [in the right hands, to the right person]
- can be a powerful combination
- [incredibly, uniquely] powerful
- [boasts, claims] a powerful [engine]
- delivers powerful [service, pulling power]
- [has, exerts] a powerful influence over her
- [has] a powerful [grip, hold] on her
- a powerful force for [change, good, reform]
- is powerful in [congress, Washington, world politics]
- [will, could] be a powerful [ally, enemy]
- the [skis, car, weightlifter] had a powerful grip
- a [clampdown, ban, study] on powerful drugs
- powerful and influential [leader, woman, man]
- one of the world's most powerful [countries, people, men, businesswomen]
- the most powerful [lens, drill, drug] on the market
'powerful' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
God
- agent
- ally
- appetite
- army
- beak
- beyond
- businessman
- cleaner
- clout
- combine
- country
- craving
- effect
- emotion
- enemy
- exquisite
- fighter
- fin
- gush
- handy
- header
- hook
- influential
- jet
- learning
- lobby
- mob
- moving
- nation
- navy
- once
- politician
- position
- presence
- rich
- saw
- shot
- shove
- slap
- smack
- smell
- television
- underestimate
- unforgettable
- weapon
- when
- wise
- yet