Influence

//ˈɪn.flu.əns//

Synonyms for "influence" (324 found)

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Strong matches (97)

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Verb(1 words)
impinge
Noun(1 words)
inflood

Related words (162)

main strengthman of influencemanamanagementmaneuveringmaneuversmanipulatemanipulationmanipulatormarkmastershipmasterymaximummightmight and mainmightinessmodifymomentmostmotivate
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motivationmotivemovemovingmoxiemuscle powerne plus ultranew highnobilityopen sesameoperate onother-directionpalmpalmsparamountcypartpersonalitypersuadepersuasionpizzazzpolitical influencepooppotencepotencypotentialitypowerpower packpower structurepower strugglepowerfulnesspowers that beprecedencepredisposepredominanceprejudiceprejudice againstprejudice the issuepreponderanceprepossessprepotencypresidencypressurepressure groupprestigeprevailprimacypriorityprocureproductivenessproductivityprominencepromptpromptingpuissancepullpunchpurchasepushrankrasputinreachrecordredound toreignreputationreputerulesayscrewsenioritysignificancesinewsinister influenceslantsoften upsovereigntyspeakspecial interestsspecial-interest groupspellsqueezestaturesteamstimulationstimulusstrengthstrikestrong armsubservesuggestionsuperioritysuperpowersupremacysvengaliswaytactical maneuverstacticstemptthe establishmenttingetinttonetop spottouchtreatturn the scaletwistupper handurgevalidityvehemencevery important personvigorvimvipvirilityvirtuevirulencevitalitywarpwattagewear downweigh withweightweightinesswheeler dealerwheeler-dealerwhip handwire pullerwire pullingwire-pullerwire-pullingworkwork onzenith
Noun(1 words)
stimulus

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

9 entries

derived

34 entries

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has context

2 entries

is a

4 entries

manner of

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Translations

265 translations across 85 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ndikim noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • δύναμις noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَأْثِير noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • تَأْثِير noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • نَفُوذ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • أَثَّرَ verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ազդեցություն noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • nüfuz noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • təsir noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • йоғонто noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Basque

1 entries
  • eragin noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • уплы́ў noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ўплыў noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • уплыва́ць verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)
  • уплыва́ць verb (intransitive: to exert influence)

Breton

1 entries
  • levezon noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • влия́ние noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • възде́йствие noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • възде́йствие noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • инду́кция noun (electrostatic induction)

Burmese

2 entries
  • လွှမ်းမိုးမှု noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • လွှမ်းမိုး verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Catalan

4 entries
  • influència noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influència noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influència noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • influenciar verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 影響 /影响 noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 影響 /影响 noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • 影響 /影响 noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • 影響 /影响 verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)
  • 影響 /影响 verb (intransitive: to exert influence)

Czech

3 entries
  • vliv noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ovlivnit verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)
  • ovlivňovat verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Danish

2 entries
  • indflydelse noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • påvirke verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Dari

2 entries
  • تَأْثِیر noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • نُفُوذ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Dutch

4 entries
  • beïnvloeding noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • impact noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • inductie noun (electrostatic induction)
  • invloed noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • influo noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influi verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Estonian

1 entries
  • mõju noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Finnish

4 entries
  • sähköstaattinen induktio noun (electrostatic induction)
  • vaikuttaja noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • vaikutus noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • vaikutus noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

French

4 entries
  • influence noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influence noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influencer verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)
  • influer verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Galician

3 entries
  • influencia noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influencia noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influencia noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გავლენა noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • გავლენა noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • ზეგავლენა noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ზეგავლენა noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

German

4 entries
  • Beeinflusser noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • Beeinflussung noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • Einfluss noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • Einfluss noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)

Greek

4 entries
  • επήρεια noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • επιρροή noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • επιρροή noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • επιρροή noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הַשְׁפָּעָה noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • הַשְׁפָּעָה noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

Hindi

2 entries
  • असर noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • प्रभाव noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • befolyás noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • befolyásol verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)
  • befolyásol verb (intransitive: to exert influence)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • áhrif noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • dampak noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • pengaruh noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • pengaruh noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • influentiar verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تَأْثیر noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • نُفوذ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Irish

3 entries
  • tionchar noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • tionchar noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • téigh i bhfeidhm ar verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Italian

4 entries
  • ascendente noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influenza noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influenza noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influenzare verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 影響 noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • 影響 noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • 影響力 noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • 有力者 noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • үлмәлх verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ықпал noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • әсер noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឥទ្ធិពល noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Korean

4 entries
  • 영향 noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • 영향 noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • 영향력 noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • 영향을 미치다 verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • таасир noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Lao

1 entries
  • ອິດທິພົນ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Latin

2 entries
  • auctōritās noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • afficio verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Latvian

3 entries
  • iedarbe noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • iedarbība noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ietekme noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • įtaka noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • wliw noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • wliw noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • влијание noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • влијае verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • fianjadiana noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Malay

3 entries
  • pengaruh noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • pengaruh noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • pengaruh noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • സ്വാധീനം noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • സ്വാധീനം noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • സ്വാധീനിക്കുക verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • нөлөө noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Māori

4 entries
  • awe noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • aweawe noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • awenga noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • awenga noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • tesîr noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • innflytelse noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Occitan

1 entries
  • influir verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • تأثیر noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • نفوذ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Pashto

1 entries
  • نفوذ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Polish

4 entries
  • indukcja noun (electrostatic induction)
  • wpływ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • wpływ noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • oddziaływać verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • influência noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influência noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influência noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • influenciar verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Romanian

4 entries
  • inducție noun (electrostatic induction)
  • influențare noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influență noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influență noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

Russian

4 entries
  • влия́ние noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • влия́ние noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • влия́тельность noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • возде́йствие noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cumhachd noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ȕticāj noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ȕtjecāj noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • у̏тица̄ј noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • у̏тјеца̄ј noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Slovak

3 entries
  • vplyv noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ovplyvniť verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)
  • ovplyvňovať verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Slovene

4 entries
  • vpliv noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • vpliv noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • vpliv noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • vpliv noun ((astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies)

Spanish

4 entries
  • influencia noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • influencia noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influencia noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • incidir verb (intransitive: to exert influence)

Swedish

4 entries
  • inflytande noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • inflytande noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • påverkan noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influera verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • impluwensiya noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • impluwensiya noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

Tajik

2 entries
  • нуфуз noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • таъсир noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Tatar

2 entries
  • йогынты noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • тәэсир noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ప్రభావము noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Thai

1 entries
  • อิทธิพล noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Turkish

4 entries
  • etki noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • influencer noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • nüfuz noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • tesir noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • täsir noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Tutong

1 entries
  • pengaru noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вплив noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • вплив noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • впливання noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • упли́в noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • wliw noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اَثَر noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • نُفُوذ noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تەسىر noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • nufuz noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • taʻsir qilish noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • taʼsir noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • ảnh hưởng noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • ảnh hưởng noun (person or thing exerting such power or action)
  • ảnh hưởng verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Volapük

2 entries
  • flun noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • flunön verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dylanwad noun (power to affect, control or manipulate)
  • dylanwad noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • beynfloedzje verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • באַאײַנפֿלוסונג noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • השפּעה noun (action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change)
  • באַאײַנפֿלוסן verb (transitive: to exert an influence upon)

Sample sentences

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Do you think our climate has an influence on our character?

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Students are open to the influence of their teachers.

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It has been demonstrated in various studies that the private sector has little influence over policy making.

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The opening of the country had a great influence on Japanese civilization.

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