influentialadjective
uk/ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃəl/us/ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃəl/C1 having a lot of influence on someone or something:
She wanted to work for a bigger and more influential (= powerful) newspaper.
Johnson was influential (= important) in persuading the producers to put money into the film.
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- He has his own ways of beating the system, making sure that he has good relationships with influential people.
- He sat under the most influential teacher in his field.
- He was very influential in shaping the government's economic policy/strategy.
- Two influential senators have argued for the retention of the unpopular tax.
- He is regarded as one of the most influential film directors of his generation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inspiration
- instrumental
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- major league
- reverberate
- thing
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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