Words Like POTENTIAL

We have put together a list of words that are similar to POTENTIAL.

15 Alternative Words Similar to potential

1 Possible Adjective      Synonym Words Like Possible
2 Likely Adjective      Synonym Words Like Likely
3 Expected Adjective      Synonym Words Like Expected
4 Actual Adjective      Antonym Words Like Actual
5 Latent Adjective      Similar Words Like Latent
6 Prospective Adjective      Similar Words Like Prospective
7 Potentiality Noun      Synonym Words Like Potentiality
8 Potency Noun      Synonym Words Like Potency
9 Voltage Noun      Synonym Words Like Voltage
10 Possibility Noun      Synonym Words Like Possibility
11 Possibleness Noun      Synonym Words Like Possibleness
12 Potentially Noun      Synonym Words Like Potentially
13 Latency Noun      Hyponym Words Like Latency
14 Prospect Noun      Hyponym Words Like Prospect
15 Chance Noun      Hyponym Words Like Chance

1 examples of potential

1 possible uses of nuclear power

10 definitions of potential

1 Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
2 Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
3 Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.
4 In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coördinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.
5 The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.
6 the inherent capacity for coming into being
7 existing in possibility
8 expected to become or be; in prospect
9 the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
10 Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent: a potential problem.
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