Influence Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭnflo͝o-əns
The power or capacity to produce a desired result
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. effect
  2. effectiveness
  3. effectuality
  4. effectualness
  5. efficaciousness
  6. efficacy
  7. efficiency
  8. potency
Power to influence others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. authority
  2. leverage
  3. weight
  4. sway
  5. clout
  6. prestige
  7. impact
  8. control
  9. leadership
  10. force
  11. power
  12. pull
  13. supremacy
  14. command
  15. domination
  16. prerogative
  17. esteem
  18. monopoly
  19. afflatus
  20. rule
  21. ascendency
  22. hold
  23. charisma
  24. fame
  25. prominence
  26. dominance
  27. character
  28. reputation
  29. drive
  30. impulsion
  31. importance
  32. incentive
  33. significance
  34. incitement
  35. connections
  36. power-behind-the-throne
  37. manipulation
  38. miasma
  39. juice
  40. patronage
  41. persuasion
  42. predomination
  43. preeminence
  44. puissance
  45. restraint
  46. sanction
  47. stimulus
  48. vector
Antonyms:
  1. impotence
  2. inferiority
  3. powerlessness
  4. weakness
  5. incapacity
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To have an impact on in a certain way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. affect
  2. sway
  3. dispose
  4. incline
  5. alter
  6. determine
  7. impress
  8. brainwash
  9. control
  10. compel
  11. lead
  12. actuate
  13. move
  14. modify
  15. shape
  16. induce
  17. inspire
  18. rule
  19. mold
  20. persuade
  21. regulate
  22. carry weight
  23. count
  24. be influential
  25. make oneself felt
  26. have influence over
  27. touch
  28. lead to believe
  29. get into favor
  30. bring pressure to bear
  31. bribe
  32. seduce
  33. talk into
  34. change
  35. act-upon
  36. act-on
  37. direct
  38. guide
  39. urge
  40. incite
  41. bias
  42. prejudice
  43. turn
  44. ascendancy
  45. train
  46. aspect
  47. channel
  48. attract
  49. form
  50. authority
  51. argue into
  52. exercise influence
  53. exert influence
  54. clout
  55. have a part in
  56. command
  57. bear-upon
  58. impact
  59. impact on
  60. gain the confidence of
  61. connections
  62. gain a hold upon
  63. be recognized
  64. charm
  65. make one's voice heard
  66. effect
  67. manipulate
  68. fame
  69. bend to one's will
  70. force
  71. cajole
  72. convince
  73. govern
  74. gravity
  75. inveigle
  76. motivate
  77. hold
  78. impel
  79. predispose
  80. prevail over
  81. impregnate
  82. get-at
  83. have an in
  84. pull-strings
  85. indoctrinate
  86. fix
  87. wear-the-pants
  88. have pull
  89. have clout
  90. inducement
  91. twist around one's little finger
  92. infuse
  93. have a finger in the pie
  94. lead by the nose
  95. have one's ear
  96. lobby through
  97. have the inside track
  98. leverage
  99. have in one's pocket. See syn. study at affect.affect
  100. have in one's pocket*
  101. lobby
  102. magnetism
  103. mastery
  104. militate
  105. money
  106. motive
  107. power
  108. predominate
  109. pressure
  110. prestige
  111. prevail-upon
  112. prominence
  113. prompt
  114. pull
  115. weight
  116. tempt
Have and exert influence or effect
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. act-upon
  2. work
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Words Related to Influence

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. attraction
  2. like
  3. impinge
  4. exert
  5. reflect
  6. perception
  7. subtle-influence
  8. political influence
  9. dependence

Influence Sentence Examples

  • I'm a bad influence on you.

  • He can influence opinion at the highest level.

  • You become the only person in the universe that can influence him.

  • On the other hand, how could Alex be a positive influence if his Uncle truly felt that way?

  • I'm not even sure how to influence someone.

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