Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Influence

Nouns
  • influence
  • importance etc. Importance
  • weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway
  • predominance, predominancy
  • ascendency
  • dominance, reign
  • control, domination, pull [Slang]
  • authority etc. Authority
  • capability etc. (power) Power
  • effect etc. [Constant sequent.] Effect
  • interest. synergy (cooperation) Cooperation. footing
  • purchase etc. (support) Support
  • play, leverage, vantage ground. tower of strength, host in himself
  • protection, patronage, auspices.
Verbs
  • have influence etc. n.
  • be influential etc. adj.
  • 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
  • out weigh, over weigh
  • over-ride, over-bear
  • gain head
  • rage
  • be rife etc. adj.
  • 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 etc. Importance
  • weighty
  • prevailing etc. v.
  • prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.
Adverbs
  • with telling effect.