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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