What does Influential mean?

Definitions for Influential
ˌɪn fluˈɛn ʃəlin·flu·en·tial

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. influentialadjective

    having or exercising influence or power

    "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"

Wiktionary

  1. influentialnoun

    A person who has influence

  2. influentialadjective

    Having or exerting influence.

    John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Influentialadjective

    Exerting influence or power.

    Etymology: from influence.

    Our now over-shadowed souls may be emblemed by those crusted globes, whose influential emissions are interrupted by the interposal of the benighted element. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    The inward springs and wheels of the corporal machine, on the most sublimed intellectuals, is dangerously influential. Joseph Glanvill.

ChatGPT

  1. influential

    Influential refers to having the ability or power to cause changes or effects in behavior, actions, opinions or beliefs in people, situations or decisions, often in a significant or determining way. It can be related to various spheres such as politics, culture, fashion, science, etc. An influential person, idea or thing has considerable impact or sway over certain outcomes or developments.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Influential' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4696

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Influential' in Adjectives Frequency: #648

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Influential in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Influential in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Influential in a Sentence

  1. Mark Garnier:

    The UK and the City of London is not a destination in its own right, it's a gateway to the single market in Europe. It's important we maintain our position in Europe and become an influential member.

  2. Thomas Wassel:

    Assuming it's upheld on appeal, it may be more than influential, it will be controlling in California.

  3. New York:

    These messages from Mr. Weaver … did not lead to physical encounters except in one consensual case, and none of the men accused Mr. Weaver of unlawful conduct. Rather, many of them described feeling preyed upon by an influential older man in the field in which they wanted to work, and believing they had to engage with his repeated messaging or lose a professional opportunity.

  4. Bill Cosby:

    He's one of my mentors, and he's been very influential and played a big role in my life as a friend and mentor.

  5. Don Felder:

    I would say 'Bye Bye Love' is one of my favorite influential songs to this day, and ironically, they were so in sync with their harmonies that they sounded like one person. That approach to hearing and formulating harmonies stuck in my head, so when I joined the Eagles, my ear was trained to be able to hear a vocal that way.

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