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Definition of "omnipotent" []

  • Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful. See Usage Note at infinite. (adjective)
  • One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents. (noun)
  • God. Used with the. (noun)

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 "omnipotent" in a sentence
  • "In this case, Jasper, while not omnipotent, is omniscient in a limited way, due to his 'achronistic' way to experiencing time."
  • "Whoever claims that it's omnipotent is himself living proof that it's not."
  • "The attributes of a king are a mark of the absence of the attribute signified by the word omnipotent (or, are evidence of the absence of that attribute)."