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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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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

With 160,000 members working in film, television and video games, SAG-AFTRA is the largest and most influential union of its kind globally.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

"A true trailblazer for women in film and one of the most influential editors in cinematic history; she helped redefine what film editing could be."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Hilary Putnam, perhaps the most influential analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century, published a famous article called “The Meaning of Meaning” in a learned academic volume.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker