Roget's Thesaurus

#175. Influence

Nouns

influence; importance etc. 642; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy; ascendency; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull [Slang]; authority etc. 737; capability etc. (power) 157; effect etc. 154; interest. synergy (cooperation) 709. footing; purchase etc. (support) 215; play, leverage, vantage ground. tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage, auspices.

Verbs

have influence etc. n.; be influential etc. adj.; 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; out weigh, over weigh; over-ride, over-bear; gain head; rage; be rife etc. adj.; 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 etc. 642; weighty; prevailing etc. v.; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.

Adverbs

with telling effect.

Phrases

tel maure tel valet [Fr.].

#175a. Absence of Influence

Nouns

impotence etc. 158; powerlessness; inertness etc. 172; irrelevancy etc. 10.

Verbs

have no influence etc. 175.

Adjectives

uninfluential, ineffective; inconsequential, nugatory; unconducing, unconducive, unconducting to; powerless etc. 158; irrelevant etc. 10.