influential
AdjectiveUS[in-floo-en-shuhl]/ˌɪnfluˈɛnʃəl/4 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- having or exercising influence or power“an influential newspaper”“influential leadership for peace”Opposite uninfluentialSimilar potent, authoritative, prestigious
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In′flu·en′tial (ĭn′flū-ĕn′shal), adjective
Origin: See Influence.
Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.
A very influential Gascon prefix.— Earle, John
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54