<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.</li><li>capable of being or becoming: a potential danger to safety.</li><li>expressing possibility: the potential subjunctive in Latin; the potential use of can in I can go.</li><li>archaic: potent.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>possibility; potentiality: an investment that has little growth potential.</li><li>synonyms: potency, capacity.</li><li>a latent excellence or ability that may or may not be developed.</li><li>a potential aspect, mood, construction, case, etc.</li><li>a form in the potential.</li><li>electricity: electric potential.</li><li>mathematics, physics: a type of function from which the intensity of a field may be derived, usually by differentiation.</li><li>someone or something that is considered a worthwhile possibility: The list of job applications has been narrowed to half a dozen potentials.</li></ul>