Antonyms for potential

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : puh-ten-shuh l

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈtɛn ʃəl

Definition of potential

Origin : late 14c., "possible" (as opposed to actual), from Old French potenciel and directly from Late Latin potentialis "potential," from Latin potentia "power, might, force;" figuratively "political power, authority, influence," from potens "powerful" (see potent). The noun, meaning "that which is possible," is first attested 1817, from the adjective.

adj promising
noun possibility for achievement

Example sentences :

She loomed large, potential, courageous, a woman who held life in her hands.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

It recalls the days when Englishmen were potential lighters; that is, potential rebels.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

If she be not a mother, you will supplicate her to speak of her potential children.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

Aren't you perhaps exaggerating your potential influence on my life?
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

It is potential, not actual, and can only be appropriated by strenuous exertion.
Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

But since then it has had time and opportunity to become strong, bold, masculine, potential.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

By the end of the winter, the might had ceased to be potential and had become actual.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

From beneath it, the potential troglodyte, that lurks in us all, is ready enough to erupt.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

Who was it said that to every woman every man is a potential lover.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

Capital punishment was reserved for traitors, actual and potential.
Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray

Synonyms for potential

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