Definition for Potential:

• The state of electrical tension of a body as measured by its capacity for producing electrical effects in bodies in a different state of electric tension. Bodies are said to have the same p. when on being put into communication no interchange of electricity or of electrical effects takes place. When bodies of different p. are placed in communication electricity passes from the body of higher to that of lower p. till the p. of both is the same. The maintenance of a current in the galvanic circuit is dependent upon difference of p. in the elements of the battery or in different parts of the circuit; this difference constantly tending to become less until it is abrogated, when the current ceases. The p. of a battery determines its electromotive force, i. e., its power of overcoming resistance, and increases with the number of elements, provided that these are arranged so that the electro-negative element of one cell is connected with the electro-positive element of the next( Arrangement for p.).

Synonyms for Potential:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • likely,
  • potential.
  •attainable (adjective)
  • Securable,
  • realizable,
  • no sweat,
  • procurable,
  • piece of cake,
  • no problem,
  • cherry pie.
  •budding (adjective)
  • more germinal,
  • most burgeoning,
  • most pullulating,
  • most opening,
  • more pubescent,
  • more pullulating,
  • most germinal,
  • more blossoming,
  • more nascent,
  • more vegetating,
  • be-ginning,
  • most fledgling,
  • be ginning,
  • more burgeoning,
  • most germinating,
  • most vegetating,
  • most pubescent,
  • more fledgling,
  • most blossoming,
  • most sprouting,
  • more sprouting,
  • most nascent,
  • more germinating,
  • growing,
  • more opening,
  • more beginning,
  • incipient,
  • most beginning.
  •dormant (adjective)
  • on shelf,
  • inert,
  • out action,
  • more slumbering,
  • more hibernating,
  • more smoldering,
  • most slumbering,
  • most sidelined,
  • pre patent,
  • most smoldering,
  • most hibernating,
  • more sidelined,
  • in-operative,
  • pre-patent,
  • most prepatent,
  • more prepatent,
  • in operative,
  • suspended,
  • on the shelf.
  •earthly (adjective)
  • imaginable.
  •possible (adjective)
  • can do,
  • conceivable,
  • inherent,
  • doable,
  • hypothetical,
  • within reach,
  • snapper,
  • cincher,
  • study at latent,
  • feasible,
  • implied.
  •promising (adjective)
  • lurking,
  • probable,
  • thinkable,
  • abeyant,
  • embryonic,
  • plausible,
  • hidden,
  • within realm of possibility,
  • unrealized,
  • quiescent.
  •undeveloped (adjective)
  • behindhand,
  • unactualized,
  • unevolved.
  •virtual (adjective)
  • unacknowledged,
  • in all but name,
  • in conduct,
  • in practice.
  •would-be (adjective)
  • would be,
  • most striving,
  • wouldbe,
  • more striving,
  • wannabe,
  • more wannabe,
  • most wannabe.

• n.

  •
  • guaranteed,
  • good,
  • possibly,
  • certain,
  • bound,
  • probably,
  • sure.
  •
  • tomorrow is another day,
  • prospect,
  • what the future holds,
  • the best/worst is yet to come,
  • history will show/record/judge etc.,
  • future.
  •capability (noun)
  • qualifiednesses.
  •degree (noun)
  • grade,
  • quality,
  • caliber,
  • amplitude,
  • magnitude,
  • step,
  • degree,
  • notch,
  • level,
  • range,
  • extent,
  • measure,
  • intensity,
  • scale.
  •electric potential (noun)
  • electric potential.
  •energy (noun)
  • kilowatt,
  • RAYS,
  • dynamism,
  • conductivity,
  • wattage,
  • radioactivities,
  • horsepower,
  • wattages,
  • voltage,
  • kilowatts,
  • juice,
  • voltages,
  • radioactivity,
  • conductivities.
  •expected (noun)
  • expected.
  •force (noun)
  • what takes,
  • constrait,
  • full head steam,
  • ex-action,
  • ex action,
  • ex actions,
  • subjections,
  • what it take,
  • what take,
  • constraits,
  • ex-actions.
  •possibility for achievement (noun)
  • aptitude,
  • wherewithal,
  • ability.
  •potency (noun)
  • birrs.
  •potential (noun)
  • potential drop,
  • prospective,
  • potential difference.
  •potentiality (noun)
  • the making.
  •power (noun)
  • omnipotence,
  • applied force,
  • mechanical energy.
  •promise (noun)
  • good omen.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • futuristic,
  • slow,
  • eventual.
  •ability
  • capacity.
  •embryonic
  • unborn.
  •shove
  • push.

Paraphrases for Potential:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    potentials.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    potentialities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    potentiality.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    feasible, possible, aspiring, conceivable, underlying, imaginable, viable, intentional, plausible, hypothetical, liable, hidden, alleged, promising.
  • Proper noun, singular
    openings, competencies, levels, avenues, possible, Its, Programs.
  • Noun, plural
    chances, potencies, dangers, strengths, makings, perspectives, leads, substances, Endowments, Efforts, claims, openings, Capacities, avenues, possible, possibles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    challenges, dive, possible, option, addressable, conceivable, eventuality, promising, means.
  • Verb, past tense
    permitted, used, Achieved, identified, found, possible, option.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Exploring, Allowing, giving, going.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    exists, enables, threatens, allows, remains, Faces, includes, provides, takes, Has, seems, leads, Does, Capacities, possible, means.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    eventual, would-be, potent, latent, addressable, inherent, dynamic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    possibility, Possibilities, Capabilities, potentiel.
  • Noun, plural
    Talents, Possibilities, Capabilities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    possibility, latent, promises, propensity, dynamic.
  • Verb, past tense
    possibility.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    possibility, Possibilities.

Antonyms for Potential:

• adj.

  • all
    actual.
  • promising
    impossible, unpromising, lacking, unlikely, helpless.
  • Other antonyms:
    confirmed, true, demonstrated, authenticated, established, retrospective, factual, substantiated, proven, authentic, genuine, bona fide.

• n.

  • possibility for achievement
    inability, weakness, incompetence, lack, impotence.

Potential Sentence Examples:

• Given a potential soul, the problem is to make it actual in an individual body.

• Mr. Davis's suggestion, while pertinent and potential as to Gorges, is clearly wide of the mark as to Pierce.

Hypernym for Potential:

• n.

  • state
    latency, prospect, chance.

Hyponym for Potential:

• n.

  • state
    possibility, possibleness.