Potent meaning

What does “potent” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“potent” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: having great influence.

potent

having great influence
Synonymspowerful
having or wielding force or authority
“providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons”
Synonymsstrong
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
“a potent toxin”
“potent liquor”
Synonymsstrong stiff
Oppositesimpotent
(of a male) capable of copulation
Synonymsvirile
Oppositesimpotent

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University