influential

[in-floo-en-shuhl] / ˌɪn fluˈɛn ʃəl /

ADJECTIVE

effective, powerful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authoritative dominant famous important leading persuasive prominent significant strong

WEAK

affecting big-gun big-wheel controlling efficacious forcible governing guiding impressive inspiring instrumental major-league meaningful momentous moving name potent substantial telling touching weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inconspicuous inferior insignificant obscure subordinate trivial unimportant unknown

WEAK

ineffective ineffectual uninfluential unmoving weak

Example Sentences

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He also formed the Casual Club Quintet, earning an honourable mention in Melody Maker, one of Britain's most influential music weeklies.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Waller is an influential voice at the Fed who voted repeatedly last year to cut interest rates at a time when many of his colleagues were reluctant to reduce borrowing costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Featuring programming from WSJ Opinion’s new Free Expression franchise, the event brings WSJ columnists and influential thought leaders together to examine where the nation stands today and what lies ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

One particularly loud voice among the ministers was the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, a popular and influential pastor and author.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Kronecker, who was influential at Berlin, was likely to blame.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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