say it: hahy-POW-urd
high-powered is an adjective meaning "vigorously energetic or forceful". It carries 2 recorded senses.
vigorously energetic or forceful
“a high-octane sales manager”
“a high-octane marketing plan”
“high-powered executives”
“a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur”
(used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification
“a high-powered microscope”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for high-powered come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.