PUISSANT Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

puissant

adjective

ˈpwi-sᵊnt

Definition of puissant

as in powerful

having great power or influence one of the nation's most respected and puissant advocates for the rights of minorities

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Recent Examples of puissant The show is light on tech, but the accompanying images (video design by Stefano DeCarli) pour through as addendums to Felder’s puissant passion of Liszt’s Liebesträume or Beethoven’s Für Elise and land with great effect. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026 Coffee gave us the Enlightenment, and insurance, and the most puissant bop of summer 2024. — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2025

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Adjective

Pacific Fusion also aims to create a fusion reaction an order of magnitude more powerful than those at the national lab facilities.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Zuckerberg and Wang want Muse Wonder and the more powerful Muse Wonder Full to drive Muse, Meta’s personal AI agent, which can act on people’s behalf.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of powerful

Adjective

William Perkins, an influential proponent of witch fever in late sixteenth-century England, notes that any miraculous power a witch or her objects appears to have is merely borrowed from Satan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
The federal government is planning to dramatically shrink its most influential health survey, and some researchers worry that the changes will underestimate how many Americans are disabled.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of influential

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Sullivan and Peltola have already faced off this year, but Thursday's debate was widely seen as the most significant for the general electorate.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
That reality makes the latest Carrera T more significant than its understated badge might suggest.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

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