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mighty

/ˈmaɪti/ UK
/ˈmɑjtɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈmaɪti/ US
[ˈmʌɪɾi] US
/ˈmɑeti/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈmʌɪte/ Scotland
/-tɪ/ Scotland
/-ti/ Scotland

Rhymes with -aɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty”), equivalent to might + -y.

Cognate with Scots michty, mychty, Saterland Frisian machtich, Dutch machtig, German Low German machtig, German mächtig, Swedish mäktig.

noun mighties · mightie

obsolete, rare A warrior of great strength and courage. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

adjective mightier · mightiest · mightie

Very strong; possessing might. He's a mighty wrestler, but you are faster than him.
Very heavy and powerful. Thor swung his mighty hammer.
Similar: puissant
colloquial Very large; hefty. Having listened attentively to the statement of Wandle Schoonhoven, giving an occasionable grunt, as he shovelled a mighty spoonful of Indian pudding into his mouth […]
Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. His mighty works
informal Excellent, extremely good. Tonight's a mighty opportunity to have a party.

adverb mightie

colloquial, not comparable Very; to a high degree. You can leave that food in your locker for the weekend, but it's going to smell mighty bad when you come back on Monday.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: powerful, right, strong, powerfully, potent, mightily, robust, extremely, dear, grand, tremendous, enormous, gallant, great, large, high-powered

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adj very strong, possessing might

Español	poderoso
한국어	힘센 himsen
日本語	強大な kyōdai na
中文	强大的 qiángdà de
हिन्दी	बलवान balvān, बली balī, शक्तिशाली śaktiśālī, शक्तिमान śaktimān
Português	poderoso
Français	puissant
Deutsch	gewaltig, mächtig
Italiano	potente, possente
Ελληνικά	ισχυρός ischyrós, κραταιός krataiós
Русский	могу́щественный mogúščestvennyj, мо́щный móščnyj
العربية	قَوِيّ qawiyy, قَادِر qādir, مُقْتَدِر muqtadir, عَزِيز ʕazīz, قَدِير qadīr, جَبَّار jabbār

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@misc{mighty_2026,
  title = {mighty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mighty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}