What does omnipotent mean?
Word: Omnipotent
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Omnipotent means having unlimited power; able to do anything.
Synonyms: all-powerful, almighty, supreme
Antonyms: weak, helpless
How do you spell omnipotent?
Syllables: om - nip - o - tent
Tricky part: The ending is ent, not ant, so omnipotant is the slip to avoid.
Watch out for: omnipotant, omnipotint, omnepotent
Memory tip: An omnipotent king is never absent from his throne: both words end in ent.
Omnipotent in a sentence
Example 1: In the fairy tale, the wizard seemed omnipotent until a clever girl tricked him.
Example 2: No ruler is omnipotent; even emperors had to listen to their advisers.
Example 3: The villain in the comic thought the magic ring made him omnipotent.
Fun Fact
Omni appears in other words too: omnivore (eats all kinds of food), omnibus (for all, the old name that gave us bus) and omnipresent (present everywhere).
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) magnificient
b) invinsible
c) tremendus
d) omnipotent
Show answer
d) omnipotent. Invincible has a c before ible, tremendous ends in ous, and magnificent has no i after the c.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: omnipotent
a) powerless
b) forceful
c) majestic
d) mighty
Show answer
a) powerless. Mighty, forceful and majestic all suggest power; powerless is the opposite.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tnpeimotno
a) omnipotent
b) ointment
c) omniscient
d) omnipresent
Show answer
a) omnipotent. Omniscient and omnipresent need a c, r or s, and ointment leaves out the p and an o; all ten letters give omnipotent.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
In the old legend, the proud king believed he was omnipitent and could command the sea.
a) legend
b) omnipitent
c) believed
d) command
Show answer
b) omnipitent. Say potent inside it: the vowel after the p is o.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Omniscient shares the omni of omnipotent. What does omniscient mean?
a) being everywhere
b) knowing everything
c) seeing everything
d) eating everything
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b) knowing everything
2. A video game character who is truly omnipotent would be ____.
a) the fastest runner in the game
b) able to fly but not to swim
c) impossible to defeat in any way
d) the first character you meet
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c) impossible to defeat in any way
