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corporation, beer belly, spare tyre, US bay window: If he
exercised more, Patrick wouldn't have such a pot.
potent adj. 1 powerful, strong; mighty, vigorous, forceful,
formidable, authoritative, influential, Literary puissant: A
potent poison will kill those weeds. We have to reckon with an
enemy that is quite potent. 2 effective, convincing, cogent,
persuasive, compelling, efficacious, telling, sound, valid,
impressive: Their argument is potent enough to convince the
biggest sceptics.
potential adj. 1 possible, likely, implicit, implied, imminent,
developing, budding, embryonic, dormant, hidden, concealed,
covert, latent, quiescent, passive, future, unrealized,
undeveloped: We are dealing with a potential threat to our
liberty.
--n. 2 capacity, capability, possibility, aptitude, potency,
Colloq the (right) stuff, what it takes: All teenagers have
potential; the problem is to teach them to exploit it to the
best advantage.
potion n. draught, brew, beverage, drink, philtre, potation, elixir,
tonic, cup, dose, concoction, decoction: The old crone gave him
a tiny bottle containing the love potion.
pot-pourri
n. mixture, medley, miscellany, assortment, olla podrida,
smorgasbord or sm”rg†sbord, gallimaufry, salmagundi, patchwork,
collection, hotchpotch or US and Canadian hodgepodge, m‚lange or
melange, motley, pastiche or pasticcio, mishmash, jumble, mess:
What a pot-pourri of styles is represented in that art gallery!
potter v. Chiefly Brit dabble (in or with), toy with, trifle with,
fribble, fool (with or about or around), fritter (away), mess
(about or around or with), tinker (with), meddle (with), monkey
(about or around or with), fidget (with), US putter (around or
with), Colloq fiddle (about or around or with), footle (around
or about): On Sundays I like to potter about in the garden.
pottery n. earthenware, ceramics, terracotta, crockery, stoneware,
porcelain, china, delftware: Ornamented pottery has been found
in pre-Columbian digs.