forceful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
    • a forceful speaker
    • a forceful personality
    • forceful measures
    • a forceful plan for peace
  2. adjective satellite forceful and definite in expression or action
    emphatic.
    • the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty

WordNet


Force"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv.
    Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden.

Webster 1913