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1. Having great influence
   - powerful
    
2. Having or wielding force or authority
   "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
   - strong
    
3. Having a strong physiological or chemical effect
   "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"
   - strong, stiff
    
4. (of a male) capable of copulation
   - virile

See also: effective, effectiveness, effectual, efficacious, equipotent, fertile, influential, multipotent, potency, powerful, strength

Antonym: impotent

Encyclopedia: Potent