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Definition of "all-powerful" []

  • Having absolute power; omnipotent: "a world ruled by an all-powerful gerontocracy” ( Paul Krugman). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "all-powerful" in a sentence
  • "When we consider the deep spiritual context of the surrounding chapters in the Gospel of Matthew 21:12 to 22:45, we begin to understand that when Jesus instructs us to believe, he is referring to the all-powerful and benevolent nature of God and to our own effortless access to that essence."
  • "Planning has assumed, in other words, an all-powerful and centralized top management that must pull things together and make things happen especially planning itself."
  • "“No one can doubt,” she said, “that God is all-powerful.”"