3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
influential
adjective: having or exercising influence or power; "an influential
newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace" [ant: {uninfluential}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Influential \In'flu*en"tial\ ([i^]n'fl[-u]*[e^]n"shal), adjective [See
{Influence}.]
Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent;
efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or
ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.
A very influential Gascon prefix. --Earle.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "influential":
absolute, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized,
autocratic, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority,
commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling,
dominant, duly constituted, effective, effectual, efficacious,
eminent, empowered, enchanting, estimable, ex officio, forceful,
governing, great, guiding, hegemonic, hegemonistic, imperative,
important, instrumental, leading, magnetic, mighty, momentous,
monocratic, official, personable, persuasive, potent, powerful,
predominant, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking,
reputable, ruling, senior, significant, strong, suasive,
substantial, superior, supreme, telling, totalitarian, weighty,
winning
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