Antonyms for omnipotent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : om-nip-uh-tuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɒmˈnɪp ə tənt


Definition of omnipotent

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French omnipotent "almighty, all-powerful" (11c.) or directly from Latin omnipotentem (nominative omnipotens) "all-powerful, almighty," from omnis "all" (see omni-) + potens (genitive potentis) "powerful" (see potent). Strictly only of God or a deity; general sense of "having absolute power or authority" is attested from 1590s.
  • adj all-powerful
Example sentences :
  • Does R—— flatter himself that his power over my heart is omnipotent?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But if I am weak, the omnipotent support to which I look is strong.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • You worship no omnipotent and ineffable essence; you believe in no omnipotent and ineffable essence.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • For she knew that goodness was omnipotent to save and to comfort.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • The tamers were now omnipotent in comparison with the tamed.
  • Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
  • His sway over that body was such that it was described as “omnipotent.”
  • Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
  • One felt that the vast primeval forces were omnipotent there.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • The eternal question:—if God be only Omnipotent Good, why the existence of evil?
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • The Gods, omnipotent or not, ran the world and everything in it.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • It was a matter of course that she should begin with the omnipotent pontiff at Ferney.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

Synonyms for omnipotent

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