Defenition of the word influence

• Defenition of the word influence

  • To be of (some) importance, to influence something or someone (enough), to impress, to touch.
  • The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone.
  • A cognitive phenomenon that tends to affect the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
  • The effect of one thing (or person) on another.
  • To have and exert influence or effect.
  • induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
  • shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"
  • causing something without any direct or apparent effort
  • a power to affect persons or events esp power based on prestige etc: "used her parents' influence to get the job"
  • a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
  • one having power to influence another: "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the chldren"
  • the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"
  • have and exert influence or effect
  • a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents'' influence to get the job"
  • one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
  • shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
  • induce into action by using one''s charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
  • have and exert influence or effect; "The artist''s work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
  • a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
  • a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
  • one having power to influence another
  • the effect of one thing (or person) on another
  • shape or influence; give direction to
  • induce into action by using one's charm

Synonyms for the word influence

• • act upon
  • affect
  • authority
  • change
  • charm
  • control
  • determine
  • effect
  • encouragement
  • have an effect on
  • have some bearing on
  • impact
  • induce
  • inspiration
  • inspire
  • manipulate
  • persuade
  • power
  • pressure
  • regulate
  • shape
  • stimulus
  • sway
  • talk into
  • tempt
  • weight
  • win over

Similar words in the influence

• • influence
  • influence's

Hyponyms for the word influence

• • bewitch
  • blackjack
  • blackmail
  • canker
  • carry
  • carry weight
  • color
  • colour
  • cross-pollination
  • dead hand
  • dead hand of the past
  • decide
  • disincline
  • dispose
  • dissuasion
  • dominate
  • encroachment
  • enticement
  • exposure
  • fix
  • force
  • form
  • get at
  • grasp
  • grip
  • hypnotism
  • impact
  • impingement
  • imponderable
  • imprint
  • incline
  • index
  • indispose
  • magnetise
  • magnetize
  • manipulate
  • manipulation
  • mesmerise
  • mesmerism
  • mesmerize
  • militate
  • miscreate
  • morale builder
  • mortmain
  • pace
  • persuade
  • persuasion
  • perturbation
  • pestilence
  • predetermine
  • prejudice
  • prepossess
  • pressure
  • pull strings
  • pull wires
  • purchase
  • reshape
  • spellbind
  • suggestion
  • support
  • sway
  • swing
  • swing over
  • temptation
  • time
  • use
  • wind

Hypernyms for the word influence

• • affect
  • bear on
  • bear upon
  • causal factor
  • causation
  • cause
  • causing
  • consequence
  • determinant
  • determinative
  • determiner
  • determining factor
  • do
  • effect
  • event
  • force
  • impact
  • issue
  • make
  • outcome
  • persuade
  • potency
  • power
  • powerfulness
  • result
  • touch
  • touch on
  • upshot

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