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Potent means having great power, influence or effect. I want to know if my usage of potent is correct.
The government needs to find a potent solution to this problem.
His teaching method is potent and unique, that is the reason students like to attend his lecture.
Potent is something effective and powerful. Is potent a correct adjective in these sentences or some other suitable adjective can supplant this adjective?
When you use a word that fits but isn't perhaps commonly used in that context you can create a sentence that has more power behind it. When I see an "interesting" use of a word it often makes me pause and think, sometimes re-read it. So long as it isn't completely wrong and out of context!
"Potent" does mean something effective and powerful, so you are in effect saying "a powerful and effective solution to this problem".
I've got no problem with the word choice. I have heard the antonym of "potent" - "impotent" - used frequently when talking about politics, this BBC News article for example sees the UK government called "impotent" and arguing why they are not.
