Omnific
What it means
Able to create or accomplish anything.
Reach for it when describing a divine or imaginative power as able to create everything
Ancient hymns praised an omnific power behind the living world.
Words to choose between 5
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everyday
Fits when ordinary ability to make new things is meant
Careful Creative is far weaker and nonabsolute.
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professional
Fits when a process produces new forms or results
Careful Generative does not imply limitless power.
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formal
all-creating
Fits when the literal theological idea needs transparent wording
Careful The compound is explanatory rather than idiomatic.
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formal
omnipotent
Fits when unlimited power rather than creation is central
Careful Omnipotence includes much more than creating.
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literary
world-making
Fits when art or myth creates an encompassing reality
Careful World-making is figurative outside theology.
Opposites 3
- sterile
- uncreative
- destructive
Common phrases 3
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omnific power
The hymn praises an omnific power behind sea and soil.
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omnific force
The poet imagines love as an omnific force.
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omnific word
In the myth, one omnific word brings the stars into being.
Usage notes
Keep in mind
Omnific is rare and primarily theological or poetic; all-creating is clearer in explanatory prose.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated