ALL-POWERFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does all-powerful mean? 

• ALL-POWERFUL (adjective)
  The adjective ALL-POWERFUL has 1 sense:

1. having unlimited power

  Familiarity information: ALL-POWERFUL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALL-POWERFUL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having unlimited power

Synonyms:

all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

Similar:

powerful (having great power or force or potency or effect)

 Context examples 

“Ever the mirror of true chivalry!” exclaimed Pedro, while James of Majorca, frightened at the stern countenance of their all-powerful protector, plucked hard at the mantle of his brother exile.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But if the white gods were all-powerful, their dogs did not amount to much.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

She started no difficulties that were not talked down in five minutes by her eldest nephew and niece, who were all-powerful with her; and as the whole arrangement was to bring very little expense to anybody, and none at all to herself, as she foresaw in it all the comforts of hurry, bustle, and importance, and derived the immediate advantage of fancying herself obliged to leave her own house, where she had been living a month at her own cost, and take up her abode in theirs, that every hour might be spent in their service, she was, in fact, exceedingly delighted with the project.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The gods were all-powerful, and a dog was no match against them; yet White Fang learned to face them, fiercely belligerent and unafraid.

(White Fang, by Jack London)