omnipotent
nounEtymology Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.
1
An omnipotent being.
omnipotent
adjUK /ɒmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/ · US /ɑmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.
1
Having unlimited power, force or authority.
- , omnivalent
- Near-synonyms: plenipotent, plenipotentiary, omnicompetent
2 more examples
- And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mightie thundrings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 19:6:
- All the spirits of the elements bowed down before him; but the future was still hidden from his eyes, and Death was omnipotent.1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 16–17:
2
Biology, Natural sciences Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell).
3
Archaic Arrant.
- Derived terms
- nonomnipotent, omnipotently, superomnipotent, unomnipotent
- Related terms
- omnipotence, omnipotency, omnipotentiality