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omnipotent

adj · name · noun · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/
  • General-American: /ɑmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • India: /ˈɔːm.nɪ.po.ʈenʈ/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA0 M N IH1 P AH0 T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having unlimited power, force or authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • , omnivalent
  • Near-synonyms: plenipotent, plenipotentiary, omnicompetent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: almighty, all-powerful, plenipotent, plenipotentiary, omnicompetent

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Arrant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An omnipotent being.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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: almighty, all-powerful

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (ʕalā kulli šayʔin qadīrun) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Armenian: ամենազոր (amenazor) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Armenian: ամենակարող (amenakaroġ) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Bulgarian: всемогъщ (vsemogǎšt) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Catalan: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全能的 (quánnéng de) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Czech: všemohoucí — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Czech: všemocný — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Old Czech: všemohúcí — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Dutch: almachtig — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Esperanto: ĉiopova — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Finnish: kaikkivoipa — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Finnish: kaikkivaltias — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • French: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Old French: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Georgian: ყოვლისშემძლე (q̇ovlisšemʒle) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Georgian: ყოვლადძლიერი (q̇ovladʒlieri) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • German: allmächtig — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • German: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Greek: παντοδύναμος (pantodýnamos) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Ancient Greek: παντοκράτωρ (pantokrátōr) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Hebrew: כל יכול — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Hungarian: mindenható — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Icelandic: almáttugur — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Indonesian: mahakuasa — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Irish: uilechumhachtach — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Irish: mórchumhachtach — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Irish: ollchumhachtach — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Italian: onnipotente — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Italian: onnipossente — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Italian: pantocratore — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Japanese: 全能の (zennou no) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Latin: omnipōtens — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Macedonian: семоќен (semoḱen) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allmektig — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: allmektig — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Occitan: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Old Occitan: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Church Slavic: вьсемогы (vĭsemogy) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Church Slavic: ⰲⱐⱄⰵⰿⱁⰳⱏⰹ (vĭsemogy) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Old English: ælmihtiġ — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Polish: wszechmocny — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Polish: wszechmogący — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Portuguese: omnipotente — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Portuguese: onipotente — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Portuguese: todo-poderoso — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Romanian: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Romanian: atotputernic — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Russian: всемогу́щий (vsemogúščij) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Russian: всеси́льный (vsesílʹnyj) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̏могӯћ — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Serbo-Croatian: све̏моћан — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȅmogūć — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȅmoćan — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Spanish: omnipotente — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Swedish: omnipotent — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Swedish: allsmäktig — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Tagalog: kayanggawinlahat — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Telugu: సర్వ శక్తివంతుడు (sarva śaktivantuḍu) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Turkish: muktedir — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Ukrainian: всеси́льний (vsesýlʹnyj) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Ukrainian: всемогу́тній (vsemohútnij) — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Vietnamese: toàn năng — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Welsh: hollalluog — having unlimited power, force or authority
  • Esperanto: Plejpotenculo — God
  • Finnish: Kaikkivaltias — God
  • Greek: Παντοδύναμος (Pantodýnamos) — God
  • Hungarian: Mindenható — God
  • Icelandic: almáttugur Guð — God
  • Kazakh: құдірет (qūdıret) — God
  • Polish: Wszechmogący — God
  • Swedish: Allmakten — God
  • Swedish: den Allsmäktige — God