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influential
adjective as in effective, powerful
Strongest matches
authoritative, dominant, famous, important, leading, persuasive, prominent, significant, strong
Weak matches
affecting, big-gun, big-wheel, controlling, efficacious, forcible, governing, guiding, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, major-league, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, potent, substantial, telling, touching, weighty
Example Sentences
His administration says it has excelled in this area, but critics - including the influential Catholic Church - say this is not the case.
California is staggeringly wealthy; home to major agricultural businesses and influential global tech companies, it boasts an economy larger than many nations.
“Of the nearly two hundred written constitutions, the Constitution of the United States — the most influential constitution in the world — is also among the oldest, a relic,” Lepore asserts in her opening.
At 31, Kirk was one of the most influential and prominent right-wing political activists in American politics.
Instead, this conservative, religious city was thrust into a national reckoning of political violence, forced into mourning after a gunman killed Charlie Kirk, an influential right-wing activist, as he was speaking at the local university.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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