- influence
- n1. power, potency, force, strength, pressure; effect, impact, weight, clout; control, sway, mastery, hold; guidance, leadership, direction, reign, rule; domination, authority, ascendancy, prevalence, predominance, supremacy.2. good offices, connections, Sl. pull, Sl. drag; importance, favor, prestige, standing, footing, Obs. credit.v3. affect, sway, bias, incline; change, alter, modify, transform; act on, play on, work on, impress upon, impact upon, effect; move, impel, motivate, actuate; incite, rouse, arouse, instigate, induce, persuade, Inf. jawbone.4. determine, regulate, direct, govern, manage; lead, guide, control, subject, master, hold; dominate, predominate, wield, command, reign, rule.5. carry weight, swing one's weight, throw one's weight around; Inf. pull rank, Inf. pull strings, Inf. pull wires.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.