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| Part of Speech: | noun |
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at the head of, at the top of the tree, august, bright, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, creditable, deathless, dignified, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, far, foremost, full, grand, great, heaven, high, honorable, honored, honorific, illustrious, immortal, imperishable, imposing, in every one's mouth, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, in the ascendent, in the front rank, in the zenith, lordly, majestic, never, notable, noted, notorious, of note, of the first water, peerless, popular, preeminent, princely, prominent, proud, psaphonic, radiant, remarkable, renowned, reputable, respectable, sacred, solemn, splendid, stately, sublime, supereminent, superior, talked of, time, transcendent, worshipful
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| Concept: | Influence. |
| Category: | 4. Indirect Power |
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-nouns
influence; importance; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy; ascendency; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull; authority; capability (power); effect; interest., footing; purchase (support); play, leverage, vantage ground., tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices.
-verbs
have influence; be influential; carry weight, weigh, tell; have a hold upon, magnetize, bear upon, gain a footing, work upon; take root, take hold; strike root in., run through, pervade; prevail, dominate, predominate; outweigh, overweigh; override, overbear; gain head; rage; be rife; spread like wildfire; have the upper hand, get the upper hand, gain the upper hand, have full play, get full play, gain full play., be recognized, be listened to; make one's voice heard, gain a hearing; play a part, play a leading part, play a leading part in; take the lead, pull the strings; turn the scale, throw one's weight into the scale; set the fashion, lead the dance.
-adjectives
influential, effective; important; weighty; prevailing; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.
-adverbs
with telling effect.
-phrases
tel maure tel valet.
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| Antonyms: | absence of influence |
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| Concept: | Repute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections; personal affections derived from the opinions or feelings of others) |
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distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat., "the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with., glory, honor; luster (light); illustriousness; fifteen minutes of fame., account, regard, respect; reputableness; respectability (probity); good name, good report; fair name., dignity; stateliness; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity., rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition., greatness; eminence; height; importance; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree., elevation; ascent; superaltation, exaltation; dignification, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification., hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community., chief (master); first fiddle (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels (trophy)., memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lucan].
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be conscious of glory; be proud of (pride); exult (boast); be vain of (vanity)., be distinguished; shine (light); shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash., rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow., live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor , acquire honor; play first fiddle (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions (approbation) [more]; take one's degree, pass one's examination., make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head., enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity., consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel., confer honor on, reflect honor on; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble., give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to (approve); lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.
-adjectives
distinguished, distingue, noted; of note; honored; popular; fashionable., in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable., remarkable (important); notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant., imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius; time-honored.
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one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus; not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be
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| Antonyms: | disrepute |
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