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. Paulo Pinheiro:

    We need all States to insist time and time again that influential States and the (U.N.) Security Council unconditionally support the political process.

  2. Michael H. Hart:

    My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level.

  3. Jennifer Talarico:

    That doesn’t carry through when you can’t pan through to Mom in the crowd, mom isn’t there. She’s still in the same place that she was before. I think that makes the crowd aspect of the Olympics even more influential than a major league baseball game.

  4. Klaus Biesenbach:

    This is a huge, pioneering endeavor, we have one of the most innovative and most influential contemporary artists in the area of music embarking on this endeavor with us.

  5. Chief Executive Peter Coleman:

    I wouldn't expect that changes in leadership at any particularl time are going to make fundamental changes in the way this moves forward, so he will remain quite influential I would expect.

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