Influential

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Influential \In`flu*en"tial\ ([i^]n`fl[-u]*[e^]n"shal), a. [See
     {Influence}.]
     Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent;
     efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or
     ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           A very influential Gascon prefix.        --Earle.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  influential
       adj : having or exercising influence or power; "an influential
             newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace" [ant: {uninfluential}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "influential":
     absolute, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized,
     autocratic, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority,
     commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling,
     dominant, duly constituted, effective, effectual, efficacious,
     eminent, empowered, enchanting, estimable, ex officio, forceful,
     governing, great, guiding, hegemonic, hegemonistic, imperative,
     important, instrumental, leading, magnetic, mighty, momentous,
     monocratic, official, personable, persuasive, potent, powerful,
     predominant, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking,
     reputable, ruling, senior, significant, strong, suasive,
     substantial, superior, supreme, telling, totalitarian, weighty,
     winning