omnipotent

[ om-nip-uh-tuhnt ]

adjective

1. almighty or infinite in power, as God.
2. having very great or unlimited authority or power.

   Synonyms: supreme, mighty, powerful

   Antonyms: helpless, powerless, impotent

noun

1. an omnipotent being.
2. the Omnipotent, God.

omnipotent

/ ɒmˈnɪpətənt /

adjective

1. having very great or unlimited power

noun

1. the Omnipotent
   an epithet for God

Derived Forms

• omˈnipotently, adverb
• omˈnipotence, noun

Other Words From

• om·nipo·tent·ly adverb
• unom·nipo·tent adjective
• unom·nipo·tent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of omnipotent¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin omnipotent-, stem of omnipotēns “all-powerful”; equivalent to omni- + potent ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of omnipotent¹

C14: via Old French from Latin omnipotens all-powerful, from omni- + potens, from posse to be able

Example Sentences

He would go to campus to raise “constitutional issues” against the “omnipotent march of the central government.”

From Time

It means justifying God, the attempt to show that there is no inherent reason why the existence of evil rules out the existence of a good, omnipotent deity.

From Nautilus

The Fed can be very, very powerful, almost omnipotent, when it comes to the stock market.

From Vox

FIFA, remember, is the historically corrupt and opaque but nevertheless omnipotent governing body of soccer.

From Freakonomics

Even if he is, though, the pope may be infallible, but he is not omnipotent.

From The Daily Beast

But this simply shows their weakness rather than proving that Murdoch is as omnipotent as he would have them believe—or is.

From The Daily Beast

How does one punish the autocratic, omnipotent president of a quasi-superpower?

From The Daily Beast

So I remember just being giddy with excitement in those early years about the awards and feeling sort of omnipotent.

From The Daily Beast

The woman who played an omnipotent American president like her personal violin.

From The Daily Beast

She loves me ardently; and her power with my father, except on one point, is almost omnipotent.

From Project Gutenberg

An omnipotent God desiring to found a religion, would have employed simpler and less fatal means for His most faithful servants.

From Project Gutenberg

These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent being.

From Project Gutenberg

When man becomes omniscient and omnipotent there'll be no errors in his judgment or his performance—and not before.

From Project Gutenberg

After this depreciation of the Omnipotent, what says this philosophy of our soul?

From Project Gutenberg