Synonyms for influential
ˌɪn fluˈɛn ʃəlin·flu·en·tial

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1. influentialadjective

   Synonyms:
   swayful

2. influentialadjective

   Having or exerting influence.

   John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.

   Synonyms:
   swayful

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1. influential

   Synonyms:
   potent, powerful, efficacious, forcible, persuasive, controlling, guiding, considerable

   Antonyms:
   weak, ineffective, inoperative, unpersuasive, inconsiderable

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1. influentialadjective

   having or exercising influence or power

   "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"

   Antonyms:
   uninfluential

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1. influentialadjective

   Synonyms:
   potent, powerful, controlling, of influence, of authority

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1. List of paraphrases for "influential":

   powerful, influence, influent, authoritative

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1. Curator Christophe Cherix:

   We really tried to understand what were the key contributions in the first decade of her career. We narrowed it down to the pieces which we found most influential, which still resonate in people's minds.

2. Andrei Soldatov:

   They absolutely they have no idea what is going on, which is a very ominous sign in itself, it's very clear that the Foreign Ministry doesn't know what is going on. It's all up to one person- though it may also be up to the military, which is getting more and more and more influential and powerful. And the interesting thing is that in Russian society, the military now plays such a huge role, which is quite unprecedented.

3. Open Doors USA:

   The more influential voices that can be heard on this issue, the more likely the government of Sudan is to at least consider objections to this miscarriage of justice.

4. Don Felder:

   I would say 'Bye Bye Love' is one of my favorite influential songs to this day, and ironically, they were so in sync with their harmonies that they sounded like one person. That approach to hearing and formulating harmonies stuck in my head, so when I joined the Eagles, my ear was trained to be able to hear a vocal that way.

5. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   The main targets of this infiltration are the elites, influential people and decision-makers. This is why infiltration is such a great danger.