influence

Roget category 175

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.4. Indirect power

#175. Influence

noun

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.

verb

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.

adjective

influential, effective — important etc. 642 — weighty — prevailing etc. v. — prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical^†.

adverb

with telling effect.

phrase

tel maure tel valet [Fr.].

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