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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