influential

[in-floo-en-shuhl] / ˌɪn fluˈɛn ʃəl /

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 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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Researchers also found that these influential genetic sequences emerged before modern humans and Neanderthals split from a common ancestor, pushing the origins of language-related biology further back in time than previously recognized.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

The influential analyst shop SemiAnalysis has identified AMD’s Instinct series as one of the best processors for inferencing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

There is one intriguing thread that leads to a largely invisible Fellowship leader said to be influential with Michigan Republicans and, allegedly, unnamed Democrats.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Time magazine later named her among the world's 100 most influential people.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Many highland villages do have someone known as the “big-man,” the most influential man of the village.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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