potent

Other forms of potent

comparative

potenter·

superlative

potentest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about potent

What does potent mean?

potent means "having great influence". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in potent?

potent has 2 syllables: po-tent. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊtənt/.

What is another word for potent?

Close synonyms include powerful, strong, strong, stiff, virile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of potent?

The recorded antonyms are impotent, impotent.

Is potent a common word?

potent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.