Meanings
comparative more influential · superlative most influential
- Having or exerting influence.
Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.
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John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.
A parent/child relationship during adolescence is a time when youngsters often crave independence and when their peers are often more influential than adults.
1986, A. Billy S. Jones, “A Father's Need; A Parent's Desire”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 147Synonyms: swayful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving or exerting influence.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or exercising influence or power
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Origin
- Medieval Latinīnfluentiālis
- Englishinfluential
From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. By surface analysis, influence + -ial.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian влия́телен
- влия́телен (vlijátelen)having considerable influence
Chinese Mandarin 有影響 /有影响, 有影響力 /有影响力
- 有影響 /有影响 (yǒu yǐngxiǎng)having considerable influence
- 有影響力 /有影响力 (yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì)having considerable influence
Czech vlivný
- vlivnýhaving considerable influence
Danish indflydelsesrig
- indflydelsesrighaving considerable influence
Dutch invloedrijk
- invloedrijkhaving considerable influence
Esperanto influa
- influahaving considerable influence
Finnish vaikutusvaltainen
- vaikutusvaltainenhaving considerable influence
French influent
- influenthaving considerable influence
German einflussreich
- einflussreichhaving considerable influence
Greek ισχυρός, σημαίνων
- ισχυρός (ischyrós)having considerable influence
- σημαίνων (simaínon)having considerable influence
Hindi प्रभावी
- प्रभावी (prabhāvī)having considerable influence
Hungarian befolyásos
- befolyásoshaving considerable influence
Indonesian berpengaruh
- berpengaruhhaving considerable influence
Italian autorevole
- autorevolehaving considerable influence
Latvian ietekmīgs
- ietekmīgshaving considerable influence
Malay berpengaruh
- berpengaruhhaving considerable influence
Māori aweawe, whakaaweawe
- aweawehaving considerable influence
- whakaaweawehaving considerable influence
Polish wpływowy
- wpływowyhaving considerable influence
Portuguese influente
- influentehaving considerable influence
Russian влия́тельный
- влия́тельный (vlijátelʹnyj)having considerable influence
Scottish Gaelic cumhachdach
- cumhachdachhaving considerable influence
Slovak vplyvný
- vplyvnýhaving considerable influence
Spanish influyente, pudiente
- influyentehaving considerable influence
- pudientehaving considerable influence
- influentehaving considerable influence
- influencialhaving considerable influence
Swedish inflytelserik
- inflytelserikhaving considerable influence
Tagalog maimpluwensiya
- maimpluwensiyahaving considerable influence
Turkish nüfuzlu
- nüfuzluhaving considerable influence
Ukrainian впливо́вий
- впливо́вий (vplyvóvyj)having considerable influence
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with influential
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influential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/influential
“influential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/influential. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “influential,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/influential.
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