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
- 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
- abeyant
- ability
- aptitude
- budding
- capability
- capacity
- conceivable
- dormant
- embryonic
- future
- hidden
- imaginable
- implied
- inherent
- latent
- likely
- lurking
- plausible
- possible
- potentiality
- power
- prepatent
- probable
- quiescent
- the makings
- thinkable
- undeveloped
- unrealized
- what it takes
- wherewithal
- within realm of possibility
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