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possible
likely, promising
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potentiality
ability, capacity
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likely
possible, promising
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capacity
ability, promise
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probable
possible, promising
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ability
capacity, promise
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latent
likely, promising
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capability
ability, promise
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power
characteristic, quality
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potency
effect
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dormant
latent, likely
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inherent
likely, latent
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voltage
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future
possible, promising
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possibility
capacity, chance
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aptitude
ability, capacity
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conceivable
possible
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possibilities
ability, possibility
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prospective
possible
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undeveloped
latent
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feasible
conceivable
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imaginable
conceivable
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unrealized
latent
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budding
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thinkable
conceivable
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potential difference
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faculty
capacity
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wherewithal
possibility for achievement
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hidden
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what it takes
possibility for achievement
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potent, potency, potentiality, potentially, potentiate
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Определения слова potential
- (потенциальные) возможности, потенциал.
- Export potential
- To fulfil one’s potential
- напряжение, потенциал.
- en (эл.-энерг.)
- Ground potential
- (потенциальные) возможности, потенциал.
Синонимы к слову potential
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- ability
- aptitude
- budding
- capability
- impending
- latent
- likely
- possibility
- possible
- probable
- promise
- prospective
- the makings
- would-be
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- hidden
- likely
- possible
- probable
- budding
- future
- abeyant
- conceivable
- dormant
- embryonic
- imaginable
- implied
- inherent
- latent
- lurking
- plausible
- prepatent
- quiescent
- thinkable
- undeveloped
- unrealized
- within realm of possibility
- ability
- capability
- capacity
- potentiality
- power
- aptitude
- wherewithal
- the makings
- what it takes
On this page you’ll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to potential, such as: hidden, likely, possible, probable, budding, and future.
- impotence
- inability
- incompetence
- weakness
- impossible
- lack
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The company says it never got enough information from the Ukrainians to determine the value of a potential investment.
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WORDS RELATED TO POTENTIAL
- accessible
- accomplishable
- at hand
- available
- cherry pie
- duck soup
- easy
- feasible
- gettable
- likely
- no problem
- no sweat
- obtainable
- piece of cake
- possible
- potential
- practicable
- probable
- procurable
- reachable
- realizable
- securable
- beginning
- blossoming
- burgeoning
- bursting forth
- embryonic
- fledgling
- fresh
- germinal
- germinating
- growing
- incipient
- maturing
- nascent
- opening
- potential
- promising
- pubescent
- pullulating
- shooting up
- sprouting
- vegetating
- young
- adequacy
- aptitude
- art
- capacity
- competence
- craft
- cunning
- effectiveness
- efficacy
- efficiency
- facility
- faculty
- means
- might
- potency
- potential
- potentiality
- power
- proficiency
- qualification
- qualifiedness
- skill
- wherewithal
- abeyant
- asleep
- closed-down
- comatose
- down
- fallow
- hibernating
- inert
- inoperative
- latent
- lethargic
- lurking
- on the shelf
- out of action
- passive
- potential
- prepatent
- quiescent
- sidelined
- slack
- sluggish
- slumbering
- smoldering
- suspended
- torpid
- feasible
- imaginable
- likely
- mortal
- possible
- potential
- practical
- probable
- applications
- burns
- conductivities
- currents
- dynamism
- electricity
- forces
- frictions
- gravities
- heat
- horsepower
- juices
- kilowatts
- magnetism
- potentials
- pressures
- radioactivities
- rays
- reactions
- responses
- services
- steam
- strengths
- voltages
- wattage
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes
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potential
Synonyms:
possible, implicit, undeveloped, germinative, immanent, virtualAntonyms:
actual, explicit, developed, objective, real, express
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potential, potentiality, potencynoun
the inherent capacity for coming into being
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potence, potency, potentiality, voltage, authorization, strength, effectiveness, potential difference, capableness, potential drop, say-so, capability, dominance, authority, authorisation, electric potentialAntonyms:
actual, effective, retrospective, existent -
electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltageadjective
the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
Synonyms:
potency, potentiality, potential difference, electromotive force, voltage, potential drop, emf, electric potentialAntonyms:
retrospective, actual, effective, existent -
potential, possibleadjective
existing in possibility
«a potential problem»; «possible uses of nuclear power»
Synonyms:
possible, likelyAntonyms:
existent, actual, effective, retrospective -
likely, potentialadjective
expected to become or be; in prospect
«potential clients»
Synonyms:
possible, likely, probableAntonyms:
effective, retrospective, existent, actual
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List of paraphrases for «potential»:
possible, potentials, prospective, possibility, likely, potentially, opportunities, potentiel, would-be, eventual, risk, possibilities, opportunity, contingent, capacity, ability, potentialities, latent, addressable, capability, chance
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Rebecca Laws:
To better understand potential implications from climate change, we need to conduct more research to determine the role of heat stress and dehydration in each geographic region, as well as identify the underlying biological mechanisms.
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Marco Rubio:
I’m happy to have the endorsement, rubio has the potential to chart a new direction for the party, and perhaps the nation, with his message of restoring the American Dream.
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Med Jones:
I do not agree with the prophets of doom who are predicting the socioeconomic collapse of the United States. Make no mistake, US will recover. The road to recovery is rocky with potential setbacks, and we have to pay for our mistakes like everyone else.
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Stephen Baker:
The acceleration in the decline is likely the result of a lot of potential Watch buyers moving into the store from being forced to complete the transaction on online.
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Thor Eells:
If you’re in a classroom with innocent victims, and I know that shots have been fired, I need to engage you, even if you stopped firing, I’m going to make entry into the room so we can begin to administer life-saving aid to any potential victims.
Translations for potential
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- إمكانيةArabic
- potencialCatalan, Valencian
- potenciálCzech
- potentielDanish
- möglich, potentiell, Potential, potenziell, PotenzialGerman
- δυνητικόςGreek
- potencialSpanish
- پتانسیلPersian
- potentiaalinen, mahdollinen, potentiaaliFinnish
- possibilité, potentielFrench
- poitéinseal, ionchasach, cumas, acmhainneacht, féideartha, poitéinsiúilIrish
- פוטנציאליHebrew
- क्षमताHindi
- lehetségesHungarian
- potensiIndonesian
- mögulegurIcelandic
- potenzialeItalian
- פוטנציאלHebrew
- 潜在的な, 潜在的, ポテンシャル, 可能性, 電位, 戦力Japanese
- ಸಂಭಾವ್ಯKannada
- 가능성Korean
- potentia,Latin
- torohū, pito mataMāori
- potentieelDutch
- potensialNorwegian
- potencjalny, potencjałPolish
- potencialPortuguese
- potențialRomanian
- потенциальный, потенциал, возможныйRussian
- potential, potentiellSwedish
- சாத்தியமானTamil
- సంభావ్యTelugu
- ศักยภาพThai
- gizil, gizli, gizil güç, potansiyelTurkish
- потенціалUkrainian
- ممکنہUrdu
- tiềm năngVietnamese
- potentialYiddish
- 潛力Chinese
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1
adj budding, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, inherent, latent, likely, possible, promising, undeveloped, unrealized
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n ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, possibility, potentiality, power, the makings, what it takes (informal) wherewithal
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
potential
1 adj You use potential to say that someone or something is capable of developing into the particular kind of person or thing mentioned.
ADJ n
(=possible)
The firm has identified 60 potential customers at home and abroad…, We are aware of the potential problems and have taken every precaution.
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potentially adv ADV with cl/group
Clearly this is a potentially dangerous situation…
2 n-uncount If you say that someone or something has potential, you mean that they have the necessary abilities or qualities to become successful or useful in the future.
also N in pl
The school strives to treat pupils as individuals and to help each one to achieve their full potential…, Denmark recognised the potential of wind energy early.
3 n-uncount If you say that someone or something has potentialfor doing a particular thing, you mean that it is possible they may do it. If there is the potential for something, it may happen.
also N in pl, with supp, oft N for n/-ing
John seemed as horrified as I about his potential for violence…, The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event…
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potential donor of organs
n.
patient in prehospital setting in Profound Coma or in Cardiac Arrest that could be a Donor afer hospital verification of cerebral death and none contraindications
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upside or downside |
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a potential benefit or disadvantage |
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Brexit |
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blend of ‘British’ (or Britain) and ‘exit’, term (initially) designating the potential departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union and since approved following a referendum on june 2016 |
Ex: following the general referendum on june 2016, the «leave» side in favour of Brexit won with 51.9% of the vote against 48.1% for the «remain» side. |
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F-bomb |
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Used as an euphemism for replacing the word ‘fuck’, with reference to the latter’s taboo status and potential to shock or offend |
[informal] Ex: Known for her banters and taste for swearing, the down-to-earth and much loved popstar was nonetheless warned to avoid dropping the F-bomb during the broadcast live ceremony |
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wingman |
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1. [Mil.] a pilot who comes in support of the leading aircraft. He is positionned besides and slightly behind the leading aircraft. 2. [Fig.] a person who helps a friend to approach potential partners |
2. this meaning has been popularised by the TV series How I Met Your Mother |
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wing man |
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someone who is providing advice and support for his mate when it comes to potential relationships/partners |
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! Web Afterlife |
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Potential of web system and mechanism for eternal life exists within the cyberspace. |
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! Virtual Identity |
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User’s online presence that hold the potential to be the key to ones online identity, value and worth. |
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