First Known Use: 14th century
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1omnipotent
adjective om·nip·o·tent \äm-ˈni-pə-tənt\
: having complete or unlimited power
Full Definition of OMNIPOTENT
1
often capitalized : almighty 1
2
: having virtually unlimited authority or influence <an omnipotent ruler>
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Examples of OMNIPOTENT
- Rockefeller mostly left the uncertain task of drilling to thousands of independent producers, who then competed furiously to sell him crude oil at the cheapest possible price. As a result, he was loathed by the drillers, who saw him as an omnipotent deity shadowing their lives. —Ron Chernow, Vanity Fair, May 1998
- Whether or not the Big Bang truly implies that the universe was created out of nothing by an omnipotent deity in a wholly gratuitous act of love, it does demonstrate that the universe is, as philosophers say, contingent—that is, it need not have existed. —Jim Holt, Harper's, November 1994
- Tad fixes another round and by the time you all troop out of the bathroom you are feeling omnipotent. —Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, 1984
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Origin of OMNIPOTENT
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens, from omni- + potent-, potens potent
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- Synonyms
- all-powerful, almighty
2omnipotent
noun om·nip·o·tent \äm-ˈni-pə-tənt\
Definition of OMNIPOTENT
1
: one who has unlimited power or authority : one who is omnipotent
2
capitalized : god 1
Examples of OMNIPOTENT
- He pursued his own thoughts without heeding me. ‘Jane! you think me, I daresay, an irreligious dog: but my heart swells with gratitude to the beneficent God of this earth just now. … I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower—breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me.’ —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847
Origin of OMNIPOTENT
(see 1omnipotent)
First Known Use: 1600
Rhymes with OMNIPOTENT
OMNIPOTENTLY Defined for Kids
omnipotent
adjective om·nip·o·tent \äm-ˈni-pə-tənt\
Definition of OMNIPOTENT for Kids
: having power or authority without limit : almighty
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