Colloquial Variant guide

almighty

adj · adv · name · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɔːlˈmaɪti/
  • rhymes with -aɪti
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  • CMU ARPABET: AO0 L M AY1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: postpositional, sometimes

Examples

  • God almighty
  • The Holy Bible, [...] (King James Version), London: [...] Robert Barker, [...], 1611, →OCLC, Genesis 17:1: “I am the Almightie God.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: all-powerful, omnipotent

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Great; extreme; terrible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having very great power, influence, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • The almighty press condemned him without trial.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

Extremely; thoroughly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, not-comparable, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

God, the supreme being.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Almighty has smiled on us and blessed with good fortune.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

having unlimited power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: all-powerful, omnipotent

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Jehovah

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: God, Supreme Being

Narrower terms: Trinity, Holy Trinity, Blessed Trinity, Sacred Trinity, hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ

History

Etymology

From Middle English almyghty, almighty, from Old English ælmihtiġ (“all-powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz, equivalent to al- + might + -y.

From Middle English þe Almyȝty, þe Almihtiȝ, from Old English sē Ælmihtiġa (literally “the Almighty (One)”). More at almighty.

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ኅያል (ḫəyal) — unlimited in might
  • Amharic: ኀያል (ḫäyal) — unlimited in might
  • Arabic: كُلِّيّ القُدْرة (kulliyy al-qudra) — unlimited in might
  • Arabic: جَبّار (jabbār) — unlimited in might
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܚܝܼܕ ܟܠ (aḥīd kul) — unlimited in might
  • Armenian: ամենազոր (amenazor) — unlimited in might
  • Belarusian: усёмагу́тны (usjomahútny) — unlimited in might
  • Central Bikol: makakamhan — unlimited in might
  • Bulgarian: всеси́лен (vsesílen) — unlimited in might
  • Bulgarian: всемогъ́щ (vsemogǎ́št) — unlimited in might
  • Catalan: omnipotent — unlimited in might
  • Catalan: totpoderós — unlimited in might
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全能的 (quánnéng de) — unlimited in might
  • Czech: všemohoucí — unlimited in might
  • Czech: všemocný — unlimited in might
  • Danish: almægtig — unlimited in might
  • Dutch: almachtig — unlimited in might
  • Esperanto: ĉiopova — unlimited in might
  • Faroese: almáttugur — unlimited in might
  • Finnish: kaikkivaltias — unlimited in might
  • Finnish: kaikkivoipa — unlimited in might
  • French: tout-puissant — unlimited in might
  • Friulian: onipotent — unlimited in might
  • Galician: omnipotente — unlimited in might
  • Galician: todopoderoso — unlimited in might
  • Georgian: ყოვლისშემძლე (q̇ovlisšemʒle) — unlimited in might
  • Georgian: ყოვლადძლიერი (q̇ovladʒlieri) — unlimited in might
  • German: allmächtig — unlimited in might
  • Greek: παντοδύναμος (pantodýnamos) — unlimited in might
  • Ancient Greek: παντοκράτωρ (pantokrátōr) — unlimited in might
  • Hebrew: כֹּל יָכוֹל (kol yachól) — unlimited in might
  • Hungarian: mindenható — unlimited in might
  • Icelandic: almáttugur — unlimited in might
  • Irish: uilechumhachtach — unlimited in might
  • Italian: onnipotente — unlimited in might
  • Italian: onnipossente — unlimited in might
  • Japanese: 全能の (zennō no) — unlimited in might
  • Korean: 전능하다 (jeonneunghada) — unlimited in might
  • Central Kurdish: خاوەند (xawend) — unlimited in might
  • Latin: omnipotēns — unlimited in might
  • Macedonian: семоќен (semoḱen) — unlimited in might
  • Macedonian: севишен (sevišen) — unlimited in might
  • Manx: ooilley-niartal — unlimited in might
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allmektig — unlimited in might
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: allmektig — unlimited in might
  • Occitan: omnipotent — unlimited in might
  • Old English: ælmihtiġ — unlimited in might
  • Polish: wszechmogący — unlimited in might
  • Polish: wszechmocny — unlimited in might
  • Portuguese: onipotente — unlimited in might
  • Portuguese: todo-poderoso — unlimited in might
  • Punjabi: ਕਦੀਰ (kadīr) — unlimited in might
  • Punjabi: قدیر (qder) — unlimited in might
  • Romagnol: unipotént — unlimited in might
  • Romanian: atotputernic — unlimited in might
  • Romanian: omnipotent — unlimited in might
  • Russian: всемогу́щий (vsemogúščij) — unlimited in might
  • Russian: всеси́льный (vsesílʹnyj) — unlimited in might
  • Scottish Gaelic: uile-chumhachdach — unlimited in might
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̏могӯћ — unlimited in might
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȅmogūć — unlimited in might
  • Slovak: všemohúci — unlimited in might
  • Slovak: všemocný — unlimited in might
  • Slovene: vsemogočen — unlimited in might
  • Spanish: omnipotente — unlimited in might
  • Spanish: todopoderoso — unlimited in might
  • Swedish: allsmäktig — unlimited in might
  • Swedish: omnipotent — unlimited in might
  • Ukrainian: всемогу́тній (vsemohútnij) — unlimited in might
  • Ukrainian: всемогу́чий (vsemohúčyj) — unlimited in might
  • Ukrainian: всемогу́щий (vsemohúščyj) — unlimited in might
  • Ukrainian: всеси́льний (vsesýlʹnyj) — unlimited in might
  • Vietnamese: toàn năng — unlimited in might
  • Welsh: hollalluog — unlimited in might
  • Yiddish: אַלמעכטיק (almekhtik) — unlimited in might
  • Arabic: اَلْعَزِيز (al-ʕazīz) — God, the supreme being
  • Arabic: اَلْقَدِير (al-qadīr) — God, the supreme being
  • Arabic: اَلْقَوِيّ (al-qawiyy) — God, the supreme being
  • Arabic: اَلْقَهَّار (al-qahhār) — God, the supreme being
  • Arabic: اَلْجَبَّار (al-jabbār) — God, the supreme being
  • Azerbaijani: Allah-təala — God, the supreme being
  • Ngazidja Comorian: Mny'ezi Mngu — God, the supreme being
  • Esperanto: Ĉiopovulo — God, the supreme being
  • Estonian: Kõigevägevam — God, the supreme being
  • Estonian: Kõikväeline — God, the supreme being
  • Estonian: Kõigeväeline — God, the supreme being
  • Finnish: Kaikkivaltias — God, the supreme being
  • French: Tout-Puissant — God, the supreme being
  • German: Allmächtiger — God, the supreme being
  • Greek: Παντοδύναμος (Pantodýnamos) — God, the supreme being
  • Haitian Creole: Toupisan — God, the supreme being
  • Hebrew: שַׁדַּי (Shadáy) — God, the supreme being
  • Hindi: सर्वशक्तिमान (sarvaśaktimān) — God, the supreme being
  • Italian: Onnipotente — God, the supreme being
  • Jamaican Creole: Jah — God, the supreme being
  • Latin: Omnipotēns — God, the supreme being
  • Māori: Runga Rawa — God, the supreme being
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Всемогущи (Vsemohušči) — God, the supreme being
  • Polish: Wszechmogący — God, the supreme being
  • Portuguese: Todo-Poderoso — God, the supreme being
  • Russian: Всемогу́щий (Vsemogúščij) — God, the supreme being
  • Sanskrit: सर्वशक्त (sarvaśakta) — God, the supreme being
  • Spanish: Todopoderoso — God, the supreme being
  • Ukrainian: Всемогу́тній (Vsemohútnij) — God, the supreme being
  • Yiddish: אייבערשטער (eybershter) — God, the supreme being
  • Yiddish: אויבערשטער (oybershter) — God, the supreme being