adj
Meaning 1
Very strong; possessing might.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mighty
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪti/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈmɑjtɪj/
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US: /ˈmaɪti/
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US: [ˈmʌɪɾi]
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmɑeti/
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Scotland: /ˈmʌɪte/
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Scotland: /-tɪ/
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Scotland: /-ti/
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rhymes with -aɪti
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CMU ARPABET: M AY1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Very heavy and powerful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Thor swung his mighty hammer.
- He gave the ball a mighty hit.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Very large; hefty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Excellent, extremely good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.
- She's a mighty cook.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 6
Very; to a high degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, not-comparable
Examples
- You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.
- Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a mighty fine meal.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A warrior of great strength and courage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having or showing great strength or force or intensity- Bulwer-Lytton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- struck a mighty blow
- the mighty logger Paul Bunyan
- the pen is mightier than the sword
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 9
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the baby is mighty cute
- he's mighty tired
- it is powerful humid
- that boy is powerful big now
- they have a right nice place
- they rejoiced mightily
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mightily, powerful, right
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قَوِيّ (qawiyy) — very strong, possessing might
- Arabic: قَادِر (qādir) — very strong, possessing might
- Arabic: مُقْتَدِر (muqtadir) — very strong, possessing might
- Arabic: عَزِيْز (ʕaziyz) — very strong, possessing might
- Arabic: قَدِيْر (qadiyr) — very strong, possessing might
- Arabic: جَبَّار (jabbār) — very strong, possessing might
- Armenian: հզոր (hzor) — very strong, possessing might
- Bulgarian: силен (silen) — very strong, possessing might
- Bulgarian: мощен (mošten) — very strong, possessing might
- Catalan: poderós — very strong, possessing might
- Chinese Mandarin: 强大的 (qiángdà de) — very strong, possessing might
- Czech: mocný — very strong, possessing might
- Danish: mægtig — very strong, possessing might
- Dutch: machtig — very strong, possessing might
- Egyptian: wsr-s-r:D40 (wsr) — very strong, possessing might
- Esperanto: potenca — very strong, possessing might
- Finnish: mahtava — very strong, possessing might
- Finnish: voimallinen — very strong, possessing might
- Finnish: voimakas — very strong, possessing might
- French: puissant — very strong, possessing might
- West-Frisian: machtich — very strong, possessing might
- Georgian: ძლიერი (ʒlieri) — very strong, possessing might
- Georgian: ძლევამოსილი (ʒlevamosili) — very strong, possessing might
- German: gewaltig — very strong, possessing might
- German: mächtig — very strong, possessing might
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (mahteigs) — very strong, possessing might
- Greek: ισχυρός (ischyrós) — very strong, possessing might
- Greek: κραταιός (krataiós) — very strong, possessing might
- Ancient Greek: κραταιός (krataiós) — very strong, possessing might
- Ancient Greek: κρατύς (kratús) — very strong, possessing might
- Ancient Greek: ἰσχυρός (iskhurós) — very strong, possessing might
- Ancient Greek: καρτερός (karterós) — very strong, possessing might
- Hindi: बलवान (balvān) — very strong, possessing might
- Hindi: बली (balī) — very strong, possessing might
- Hindi: शक्तिशाली (śaktiśālī) — very strong, possessing might
- Hindi: शक्तिमान (śaktimān) — very strong, possessing might
- Irish: neartmhar — very strong, possessing might
- Irish: mórchumhachtach — very strong, possessing might
- Irish: tréan — very strong, possessing might
- Italian: potente — very strong, possessing might
- Italian: possente — very strong, possessing might
- Japanese: 強大な (kyōdai na) — very strong, possessing might
- Korean: 힘센 (himsen) — very strong, possessing might
- Latin: imperiōsus — very strong, possessing might
- Latin: potens — very strong, possessing might
- Norwegian: mektig — very strong, possessing might
- Occitan: poderós — very strong, possessing might
- Persian: هزبر (hozabr) — very strong, possessing might
- Polish: mocarny — very strong, possessing might
- Polish: potężny — very strong, possessing might
- Portuguese: poderoso — very strong, possessing might
- Quechua: qhapaq — very strong, possessing might
- Russian: могу́щественный (mogúščestvennyj) — very strong, possessing might
- Russian: мо́щный (móščnyj) — very strong, possessing might
- Sanskrit: उग्र (ugra) — very strong, possessing might
- Sanskrit: विभूति (vibhūti) — very strong, possessing might
- Scottish Gaelic: cumhachdach — very strong, possessing might
- Spanish: poderoso — very strong, possessing might
- Swedish: mäktig — very strong, possessing might
- Thai: เกรียงไกร (griiang-grai) — very strong, possessing might
- Thai: ทรงพลัง — very strong, possessing might
- Ukrainian: могу́тній (mohútnij) — very strong, possessing might
- Ukrainian: поту́жний (potúžnyj) — very strong, possessing might
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