influential

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin īnfluentiālis, from īnfluentia + -ālis. By surface analysis, influence +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnfluˈɛnʃəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: in‧flu‧en‧tial

Adjective

influential (comparative more influential, superlative most influential)

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

Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.

Synonyms

swayful

Derived terms

Translations

having considerable influence

Asturian: influyente
Azerbaijani: nüfuzlu
Belarusian: уплыво́вы (uplyvóvy)
Bulgarian: влия́телен (bg) (vlijátelen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有影響／有影响 (yǒu yǐngxiǎng), 有影響力／有影响力 (yǒu yǐngxiǎnglì)
Czech: vlivný (cs) m
Danish: indflydelsesrig
Dutch: invloedrijk (nl)
Finnish: vaikutusvaltainen (fi)
French: influent (fr)
Galician: influente (gl)
German: einflussreich (de)
Greek: ισχυρός (el) (ischyrós), σημαίνων (el) m (simaínon)
Hungarian: befolyásos (hu)
Indonesian: berpengaruh (id)
Interlingua: influente
Italian: autorevole (it)
Latvian: ietekmīgs
Macedonian: влијателен (vlijatelen)
Malay: berpengaruh
Maori: aweawe, whakaaweawe
Polish: wpływowy (pl) m
Portuguese: influente (pt)
Russian: влия́тельный (ru) (vlijátelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cumhachdach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: утицајан

Roman: uticajan (sh)
Slovak: vplyvný
Spanish: influyente (es)
Swedish: inflytelserik (sv)
Tagalog: maimpluwensiya
Turkish: nüfuzlu (tr)
Ukrainian: впливо́вий (vplyvóvyj)
Volapük: flunilabik

Noun

influential (plural influentials)

A person who has influence

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