Another word for influence
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Noun
The power or capacity to produce a desired result
- The quality or condition of being potent.
- Inherent capacity for growth and development; potentiality.
- The quality or property of being efficient.
- The degree to which this quality is exercised:
- The ratio of the effective or useful output to the total input in any system.
- Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.
- Quality of being efficacious.
- The state or condition of being effectual.
- The state or condition of being effectual.
- The property of being effective, of achieving results.
- The capacity or potential for achieving results.
- The degree to which something achieves results.
- Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
- The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result:
- Advantage; avail:
See also:The power to produce an effect by indirect means
- To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force:
- To remove from a fixed position; extract:
- To tug at; jerk or tweak:
- A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.
- A measure of the heaviness of an object:
- The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
- A unit measure of gravitational force:
- To swing back and forth or to and fro.
- To incline or bend to one side; veer:
- To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:
- The action of a lever.
- The mechanical advantage of a lever.
- Positional advantage; power to act effectively:
See also:The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another
- An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.
- A recoil, rebounding, or reciprocal motion after impact.
- A reflection, especially of sound.
- An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience:
- A vague notion, remembrance, or belief:
- A mark produced on a surface by pressure.
- The striking of one body against another; collision.
- The force transmitted by a collision.
- The effect or impression of one person or thing on another:
- The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power:
- Power made operative against resistance; exertion:
- The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain:
See also:
Verb
To have an impact on in a certain way
- To swing back and forth or to and fro.
- To incline or bend to one side; veer:
- To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:
- To make (someone) inclined to something in advance:
- To make susceptible or liable:
- To provide an inclination or susceptibility:
- To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency: dispose:
- To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action:
- To cause to lean, slant, or slope:
- To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline:
- To place or set in a particular order; arrange:
- To determine the course of events:
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Another word for influence
Noun
Attraction
- The class of phenomena exhibited by a magnetic field.
- The study of magnets and their effects.
- The force exerted by a magnetic field.
- To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word).
- To constitute the letters of (a word):
- To add up to; signify:
- To swing back and forth or to and fro.
- To incline or bend to one side; veer:
- To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:
See also:Power to influence others
- To apply force to (something) so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the source of the force:
- To remove from a fixed position; extract:
- To tug at; jerk or tweak:
- A fluid naturally contained in plant or animal tissue:
- A bodily secretion:
- The liquid contained in something that is chiefly solid.
- A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.
- plural form of connection
- People with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence.
- The state or quality of being significant:
- A meaning that is expressed or implied:
- The quality or condition of being important; significance.
- Personal status; standing:
- Meaning; import.
- The striking of one body against another; collision.
- The force transmitted by a collision.
- The effect or impression of one person or thing on another:
- The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power:
- Power made operative against resistance; exertion:
- The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain:
- The general opinion or judgment of the public about a person or thing:
- The state or situation of being held in high esteem:
- A widespread ascription of a characteristic or trait to a person or thing:
- The combination of mental characteristics and behavior that distinguishes a person or group.
- The distinguishing nature of something.
- Moral strength; integrity:
- The level of respect at which a person or thing is regarded by others; standing:
- Good reputation; honor:
- Great respect or importance:
- The quality or condition of being prominent.
- Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.
- A small projection or protuberance.
- The state of being widely known, recognized, or of great popular interest:
- Public estimation; reputation:
- Rumor.
- To have and keep in one's grasp:
- To aim or direct; point:
- To keep from falling or moving; support:
- To swing back and forth or to and fro.
- To incline or bend to one side; veer:
- To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:
- Governing power or its possession or use; authority.
- The duration of such power.
- An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.
- Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service:
- A company, group, or individual having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
- A commodity or service so controlled.
- To regard with respect; prize.
- To regard as; consider:
- Favorable regard; respect.
- An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right.
- The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:
- Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.
- The action of a lever.
- The mechanical advantage of a lever.
- Positional advantage; power to act effectively:
- The ability or capacity to act or do something effectively:
- A specific capacity, faculty, or aptitude:
- Physical strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted:
- The position or office of a leader:
- Capacity or ability to lead:
- A group of leaders:
- Control or power over another or others.
- The exercise of such control or power.
- The fourth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
- To direct with authority; give orders to.
- To have control or authority over; rule:
- To have at one's disposal:
- The quality or condition of being supreme.
- Supreme power or authority.
- The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
- One that is invested with this power, especially a government or body of government officials:
- Power assigned to another; authorization:
- A measure of the heaviness of an object:
- The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
- A unit measure of gravitational force:
- To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct:
- To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
- To hold in restraint; check:
Verb
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- (US) Alternative form of wear the trousers.
- To correct or set right; adjust:
- To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
- To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, often with “the” or a possessive adjective (such as “his”) before “strings”) To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette.
- To manage to gain access to.
- To understand or ascertain by investigation.
- To mean, signify.
- To put into motion or action; activate:
- To cause to take action:
- To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
- To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion:
- To stimulate to action; motivate:
- To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
- To cause to be enthusiastic:
- To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk:
- To obtain by cajolery:
- To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty:
- To cause (someone) by the use of argument or evidence to believe something or to take a course of action.
- To prove to be wrong or guilty.
- To conquer; overpower.
- To persuade by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language:
- To elicit or obtain by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language:
- To use flattery, pleading, or insincere language in an attempt to persuade someone to do something:
- To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
- To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause:
- To infer by inductive reasoning.
- To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or another body part or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner:
- To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously:
- To tamper with or falsify for personal gain:
- The striking of one body against another; collision.
- The force transmitted by a collision.
- The effect or impression of one person or thing on another:
- The characteristic surface configuration of a thing; an outline or contour:
- Spatial form, contour, or appearance:
- The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal:
- The shape and structure of an object:
- The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal; figure:
- A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
- A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
- Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
- The bed of a stream or river.
- The deeper part of a river or harbor, especially a deep navigable passage.
- A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.
- A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.
- A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles.
- The personnel, vehicles, and equipment following and providing supplies and services to a combat unit.
- To cause to move around an axis or center; cause to rotate or revolve:
- To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
- To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
- The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions:
- An adverse judgment or opinion formed unfairly or without knowledge of the facts:
- Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular social group, such as a race or the adherents of a religion.
- A line going diagonally across the grain of fabric:
- A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
- An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice.
- To provoke and urge on:
- To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
- To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
- To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for:
- To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain:
- To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand:
- To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway:
- One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.
- One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.
- A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
- Governing power or its possession or use; authority.
- The duration of such power.
- An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To adjust to a particular specification or requirement:
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct:
- To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
- To hold in restraint; check:
- To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of:
- To supervise or oversee (an activity or process):
- To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
- To subject to brainwashing.
- The process or an instance of brainwashing.
- To act on the basis of information received or deduced.
- To change in form or character; alter.
- To make less extreme, severe, or strong:
- To qualify or limit the meaning of. For example, summer modifies day in the phrase a summer day.
- To cause to be different:
- To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
- To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
- To change or make different; modify:
- To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
- To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
- To attract or lead (someone) away from proper behavior or thinking:
- To induce (someone) to engage in sexual activity, as by flirting or persuasion.
- To entice into a different state or position:
- Money or some other benefit given to a person in power, especially a public official, in an effort to cause the person to take a particular action.
- Something offered to induce another to do something:
- To give, offer, or promise a bribe to.
- To cause or permit a part of the body, especially the hand or fingers, to come in contact with so as to feel:
- To bring something into light contact with:
- To bring (one thing) into light contact with something else:
- To show the way to by going in advance:
- To guide or direct in a course:
- To serve as a route for; take:
- To establish or ascertain definitely, as after consideration, investigation, or calculation:
- To give direction to by making decisions; devise or control:
- To decide or settle (a dispute, for example) conclusively and authoritatively.
- To name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total; number.
- To recite numerals in ascending order up to and including:
- To include in a reckoning; take account of:
- To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline:
- To place or set in a particular order; arrange:
- To determine the course of events:
- To change in position from one point to another:
- To follow a specified course:
- To change posture or position; stir:
- To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency: dispose:
- To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action:
- To cause to lean, slant, or slope:
- To affect strongly, often favorably:
- To produce or attempt to produce a vivid impression or image of:
- To mark or stamp with pressure:
- To swing back and forth or to and fro.
- To incline or bend to one side; veer:
- To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:
- To have an influence on or effect a change in:
- To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
- To attack or infect, as a disease:
Synonym Study
- Weight implies influence that is more or less preponderant in its effect his viewpoint had great weight with his colleagues
- Prestige implies the power to command esteem or admiration, based on brilliance of achievement or outstanding superiority
- Authority implies the power to command acceptance, belief, obedience, etc., based on strength of character, expertness of knowledge, etc. a statement made on good authority
- Influence implies the power of persons or things (whether or not exerted consciously or overtly) to affect others used his influence to get elected
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