almighty
/ɔːlˈmaɪti/
almighty adjective: unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful.
Adjective
almighty (comparative more almighty, superlative most almighty)
- Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
- God almighty
- The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Genesis 17:1: “I am the Almightie God.”
- Synonyms:
- all-powerful, omnipotent
- Great; extreme; terrible.
- I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.
- When Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen both went cheaply inside the first hour on the fifth day, a further 134 were needed and there was a genuine sense that an almighty upset might just come off.2012 May 21, Tom Fordyce, “England v West Indies: Hosts cruise home in Lord's Test”, in BBC Sport
- Having very great power, influence, etc.
- The almighty press condemned him without trial.
Adverb
almighty (not comparable)
- Extremely; thoroughly.
- Now that must have been almighty careless of someone, Wynn.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- I stepped into the clear, rushing water. It was almighty cold!2007, Richard Laymon, Savage, page 203
Proper noun capitalized: Almighty
the Almighty
- God, the supreme being.
- The Almighty has smiled on us and blessed with good fortune.
almighty meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
almighty in Tamil
- எல்லாம் வல்ல, தடுக்க முடியாத, வெல்லமுடியாத, பேராற்றல்
almighty in Urdu
- قادرِ مطلق, خدائے بزرگ و برتر
almighty in Bengali
- সর্বশক্তিমান
almighty in Malayalam
- സർവ്വശക്തനായ, മഹാനായ
More languagesFewer languages
- almighty in Kannada
- ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತರು
- almighty in Punjabi
- ਕਦੀਰ kadīr, قدیر qder
- almighty in Gujarati
- સર્વશક્તિમાન
- almighty in Arabic
- كُلِّيّ القُدْرة kulliyy al-qudra, جَبّار jabbār
- almighty in Vietnamese
- toàn năng
Examples of almighty in a sentence
- A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.
- It featured a tent full of mattresses for one almighty love-in in the Nevada desert.
- I had what seemed an unlimited prescription of the almighty hydromorphone.
Synonyms of almighty
Forms of almighty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more almighty |
| superlative | most almighty |
| alternative form | allmighty |
| alternative form | all-mighty |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Allmighty |
Origin of almighty
From Middle English almyghty, almighty, from Old English ælmihtiġ (“all-powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz, equivalent to al- + might + -y.
From Middle English þe Almyȝty, þe Almihtiȝ, from Old English sē Ælmihtiġa (literally “the Almighty (One)”). More at almighty.
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Questions about almighty
- What does almighty mean?
- Almighty means unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful.
- What is almighty in Tamil?
- Almighty in Tamil is எல்லாம் வல்ல, தடுக்க முடியாத, வெல்லமுடியாத. See Almighty meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is almighty?
- Almighty can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce almighty?
- Almighty is pronounced /ɔːlˈmaɪti/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: almighty (page history and authors); Almighty (page history and authors); almighty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); almighty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); almighty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); almighty (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); almighty (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); almighty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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