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influential

  • adjective
  • in·flu·tial
  • /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/

Having or exerting influence.

Example

“Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.”

Related words

  • affluential
  • influentiality
  • noninfluential
  • overinfluential
  • uninfluential
  • influentially
  • influentialness

Word history

From Medieval Latin "īnfluentiālis".

Where this comes from

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