| a. | 1. | Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; | |||
| 2. | Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; | ||||
| 3. | Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence;
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| n. | 1. | A prince; a potentate. | |||
| 2. | A staff or crutch. | ||||
| 3. | (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
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| Adj. | 1. | potent - having the power to influence or convince; "a cogent analysis of the problem"; "potent arguments" |
| 2. | potent - having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" Synonyms: strong | |
| 3. | potent - having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea" Synonyms: strong Antonyms: impotent - lacking power or ability; "Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent"- Freeman J.Dyson; "felt impotent rage" | |
| 4. | potent - (of a male) able to copulate Synonyms: virile Antonyms: impotent - (of a male) unable to copulate |