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influence - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: influence
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lead to believe, do
Synonyms: affect, alter, arouse, bias, brainwash*, bribe, bring to bear, carry weight, change, channel, compel, control, count, determine, direct, dispose, form, get at*, guide, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, instigate, manipulate, modify, mold, move, persuade, predispose, prejudice, prevail, prompt, regulate, rouse, rule, seduce, sell, shape, snow*, sway, train, turn, urge, act upon, argue into, be recognized, have a part in, impact on, pull strings, talk into, work upon
Concept Thesaurus
Synonyms:
-nouns
influence; importance [more]; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy; ascendency; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull; authority [more]; capability (power) [more]; effect [more]; interest., footing; purchase (support) [more]; play, leverage, vantage ground., tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices.
-verbs
have influence; be influential; carry weight, weigh, tell; have a hold upon, magnetize, bear upon, gain a footing, work upon; take root, take hold; strike root in., run through, pervade; prevail, dominate, predominate; outweigh, overweigh; override, overbear; gain head; rage; be rife; spread like wildfire; have the upper hand, get the upper hand, gain the upper hand, have full play, get full play, gain full play., be recognized, be listened to; make one's voice heard, gain a hearing; play a part, play a leading part, play a leading part in; take the lead, pull the strings; turn the scale, throw one's weight into the scale; set the fashion, lead the dance.
-adjectives
influential, effective; important [more]; weighty; prevailing; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.
-adverbs
with telling effect.
-phrases
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Antonyms: absence of influence
Main Entry: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather
Notes: when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence)
to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Antonyms: impede, stop
Main Entry: ascendancy/ascendency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: domination
Synonyms: advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, mastery, power, predominance, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand*, leg up, on top, preeminence, prepotence, whip hand
Antonyms: decline, inferiority, subordination, powerlessness
Main Entry: auspices
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: protection; support
Synonyms: advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision
Main Entry: bias
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to favor
Synonyms: distort, incline, influence, prejudice, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight, make partial, prepossess
Antonyms: be fair, be impartial, be just
Main Entry: brainwash
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: force to believe or do things
Synonyms: alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach
Main Entry: bribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request silence, action, or inaction for money
Synonyms: approach, buy, buy off, coax, corrupt, entice, fix*, get at, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, pervert, reward, seduce, soap*, square, suborn, sugar, tamper, tempt, tip, buy back, do business, get to, grease palm, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, sweeten the pot, take care of
Main Entry: budge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dislodge from staid position
Synonyms: bend, change, convince, inch, influence, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield, change position, give way, locomote
Main Entry: cajole
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attempt to coax; flatter
Synonyms: banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over
Antonyms: bully, force, repel
Main Entry: clout
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: power
Synonyms: authority, influence, prestige, pull*, standing, sway, weight
Main Entry: coax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: persuade
Synonyms: allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm
Antonyms: allow, not care
Main Entry: dispose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place, order; deal with
Synonyms: actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt
Antonyms: disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage
Main Entry: dominance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supremacy
Synonyms: ascendancy, authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, influence, power, preponderance, rule, sovereignty, sway, upper hand, paramountcy, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, whip hand
Antonyms: modesty, subordination, weakness
Main Entry: domination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: control; subjection
Synonyms: ascendancy, authority, command, despotism, dictatorship, dominance, dominion, influence, jurisdiction, might, oppression, power, repression, rule, sovereignty, subordination, superiority, suppression, supremacy, sway, tyranny, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, strings
Antonyms: following, submission, surrender, yielding
Main Entry: efficacy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: efficiency; productiveness
Synonyms: ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight, capableness, efficaciousness
Antonyms: failure, inefficiency, weakness, inefficacy, unproductiveness, uselessness
Main Entry: factor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: determinant
Synonyms: agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing
Main Entry: government
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: management, administration
Synonyms: Uncle Sam*, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, politics, power, predominance, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, union, Washington, governance, political practice, polity, powers-that-be, presidency, statecraft, superintendence, the feds
Antonyms: anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution
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