mighty

UK/ˈmaɪti/

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British/ˈmɑjtɪj/

mighty noun: a warrior of great strength and courage.

Noun

mighty (plural mighties)

(obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage.
- And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 11:12

Adjective

mighty (comparative mightier, superlative mightiest)

Very strong; possessing might.
- He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
- Wise in heart, and mighty in strength.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 9:4
Very heavy and powerful.
- Thor swung his mighty hammer.
- He gave the ball a mighty hit.
Synonyms:

puissant
(colloquial) Very large; hefty.
- Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]1809, A History of New York, Washington Irving
Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.
- His mighty works1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 11:20
- Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42, lines...
(informal) Excellent, extremely good.
- Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.
- She's a mighty cook.

Adverb

mighty (not comparable)

(colloquial) Very; to a high degree.
- You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.
- Pork chops boiled with turnip greens make a mighty fine meal.

mighty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

mighty in Hindi

very strong, possessing might: बलवान balvān, बली balī, शक्तिशाली śaktiśālī, शक्तिमान śaktimān

mighty in Tamil

பலம் பொருந்திய, பலமான, பலம் பொருந்தியவர்கள்

mighty in Urdu

عظیم, جبار, مضبوط, قادر, قوی, شہ زور

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mighty in Bengali: বলশালী, মহৎ, ক্ষমতাশালী, সাহসী
mighty in Telugu: ప్రబలము prabalamu
mighty in Malayalam: ഊറ്റമായ, വീര്യമേറിയ, ശക്തിയുള്ള, ഊർജ്ജിത
mighty in Kannada: ಶಕ್ತಿಶಾಲಿಯಾದ, ದೈಹಿಕ ಪರಾಕ್ರಮದ, ಬಲಯುಕ್ತನಾದ, ಬಲ್ಮೆಯ
mighty in Gujarati: શકિતશાળી, પરાક્રમી
mighty in Sanskrit: उग्र ugra, विभूति vibhūti
mighty in Arabic: قَوِيّ qawiyy, قَادِر qādir, مُقْتَدِر muqtadir, عَزِيْز ʕaziyz
mighty in Persian: هزبر hozabr
mighty in Thai: เกรียงไกร griiang-grai, ทรงพลัง song-pá-lang

Examples of mighty in a sentence

Mighty was their fuss about little matters.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
The lady is not heard of, and the King mighty angry and the Lord sent to the Tower.1665 June 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “May 28th, 1665”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley...
Father Miley, you know's a mighty ginteel man intirely, and one that likes to obleege the quolity in anything that doesn't go agin' his juty[.]"1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 515:
'He is a mighty handsome man!' 'I don't think so,' said Tess coldly.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82:

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Synonyms of mighty

puissant

Forms of mighty

Noun
plural	mighties
alternative form (obsolete)	mightie
Adjective
comparative	mightier
superlative	mightiest

Origin of mighty

From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y. Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.

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Questions about mighty

What does mighty mean?: Mighty means a warrior of great strength and courage.
What is mighty in Hindi?: Mighty in Hindi is बलवान (balvān), बली (balī), शक्तिशाली (śaktiśālī). See Mighty meaning in Hindi.
How do you use mighty in a sentence?: Mighty was their fuss about little matters.
What part of speech is mighty?: Mighty can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce mighty?: Mighty is pronounced /ˈmaɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of mighty?: The plural of mighty is mighties.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mighty (page history and authors); mighty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mighty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mighty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mighty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ప్రబలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); mighty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); mighty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mighty (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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