Meanings
plural omnipotences
- countableuncountableUnlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
1 more example
One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.
1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 9Synonyms: omnipotency
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUnlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
Origin
- Latinomnipotentia
- Old Frenchomnipotence
- Middle Englishomnipotens
- Englishomnipotence
From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παντοκρατορία
- παντοκρατορία (pantokratoría)unlimited power
Basque ahalguztiduntasun
- ahalguztiduntasununlimited power
Bulgarian всемогъщие
- всемогъщие (vsemogăštie)unlimited power
Catalan omnipotència
- omnipotènciaunlimited power
Czech všemohoucnost
- všemohoucnostunlimited power
Dutch almacht
- almachtunlimited power
Finnish kaikkivoipaisuus
- kaikkivoipaisuusunlimited power
French omnipotence
- omnipotenceunlimited power
German Allmacht, Allmächtigkeit
- Allmachtunlimited power
- Allmächtigkeitunlimited power
- Omnipotenzunlimited power
Greek παντοδυναμία
- παντοδυναμία (pantodynamía)unlimited power
Hungarian mindenhatóság
- mindenhatóságunlimited power
Icelandic almætti
- almættiunlimited power
Irish uilechumhacht
- uilechumhachtunlimited power
Italian onnipotenza
- onnipotenzaunlimited power
Japanese 全能
- 全能 (zennō)unlimited power
Latin omnipotentia
- omnipotentiaunlimited power
Polish wszechmoc
- wszechmocunlimited power
Portuguese omnipotência, onipotência
- omnipotênciaunlimited power
- onipotênciaunlimited power
Romanian omnipotență, atotputernicie
- omnipotențăunlimited power
- atotputernicieunlimited power
Russian всемогущество
- всемогущество (vsemoguščestvo)unlimited power
Spanish omnipotencia
- omnipotenciaunlimited power
Swahili kudura
- kuduraunlimited power
Swedish omnipotens, allsmäktighet
- omnipotensunlimited power
- allsmäktighetunlimited power
- allmaktunlimited power
Tagalog pagkakayanggawinlahat
- pagkakayanggawinlahatunlimited power
Ukrainian всеси́лля, всемогу́тність
- всеси́лля (vsesýllja)unlimited power
- всемогу́тність (vsemohútnistʹ)unlimited power
Urdu پروردگار
- پروردگار (parvardigār)unlimited power
Cite this entry
omnipotence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnipotence
“omnipotence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnipotence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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