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most influential

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 hot-dog 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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With that backdrop, it’s worth turning our attention to two of South America’s most influential energy producers.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

More recently, he has turned his fire on some of Argentina’s most influential business leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

ETF issuers compete aggressively over benchmark selection, and investors increasingly pay attention to which indexes own the most influential companies shaping the future economy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

For more than half a century, one of the most influential ideas in molecular evolution has been the Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

The Candor all know Marcus is the most influential government official, and some of them must have read the article jeanine released about his cruelty toward his son.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth