preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy†;
ascendency†; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull [Slang];
authority &c 737; capability &c (power) 157; effect &c 154; interest.
synergy (cooperation) 709.
footing; purchase &c (support) 215; play, leverage, vantage
ground.
tower of strength, host in himself; protection, patronage,
auspices.
V. have influence &c n.; be influential &c 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 &c 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.
Adj. influential, effective; important &c 642; weighty; prevailing &c
v.; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the
ascendant, hegemonical†.
Adv. with telling effect.
Phr. tel maure tel valet [Fr.].
175a. Absence of Influence — N. impotence &c 158; powerlessness;
inertness &c 172; irrelevancy &c 10.
V. have no influence &c 175.
Adj. uninfluential†, ineffective; inconsequential, nugatory;
unconducing, unconducive, unconducting to†; powerless &c 158; irrelevant
&c 10.