influence

Meaning

Noun

1. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
2. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
3. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
4. An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
5. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
6. Electrostatic induction.

Verb

1. To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
2. To exert, make use of one's influence.
3. (obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Concepts

influence

affect

power

impact

effect

authority

sway

induce

persuade

control

act

convince

action

impress

impression

force

move

might

lead

act upon

work

clout

touch

pull

appeal to

prestige

importance

have an effect on

charm

domination

energy

strength

incite

urge

cause

tempt

stir

shape

exert influence

potency

reaction

impel

entice

cajole

determine

empire

leverage

attitudinize

feign

pose

put on airs

impinge

change into

be reduced

improve

transform

inspiration

connections

good offices

inspire

rouse

extension

spread

reflection

agency

patronage

talk into

have an impact on

coax

magnetism

lure

instigate

renown

prominence

mold

regulate

operation

push

invite

connection

bias

capability

brainwash

condition

indoctrinate

pull the wool over someone’s eyes

re-educate

affect emotionally

stimulate

trace

importunity

request

weight

contact

contagion

plumage

convert into

correction

reform

gust

go-between

intermediary

someone to trust

begin to work

work on someone

echo

repercussion

reverberation

convert to

contacts

coercion

constraint

pressure

bear upon

impinge upon

be influential in

have an influence in

prevail upon

clutch

affectation

take

wheel

grandeur

be animate

cheer

embolden

encourage

hearten

inspirit

majesty

have a repercussion

modify

conviction

inducement

persuasion

jurisdiction

motivate

spur

command

mastery

persuade somebody to believe

work on

color

colour

attraction

spell

direct

guide

arouse

provoke

manipulate

vigor

distinction

top cat

have an influence

put pressure

ascendant

cinch

difference

exert

get

heavy metal

heft

hold

in

induction

ponderosity

prevalence

prevalency

reign

say

showing

stimulus

taking

credit

fame

prosperity

bother

enthuse

warm

worry

assist

contribute

cooperate

help

weight with

react on

contribution

feeling

deceive

appeal

allure

attract

beckon

beguile

draw

pull in

rope in

tease

appear

cut

give

kick in

prepossess

redound

seem

smell

strike

weigh

agent

mover and shaker

efficaciousness

ascendance

convict

expansion

resonance

reflexion

notoriety

manage

have influence

exposure

make do

shove

encouragement

patronize

imprint

flu

interact

leaven

position

hurt

make a difference

factor

preponderation

carry weight

get to

coney

kingdom

realm

Hyphenated as

in‧flu‧ence

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪn.flu.əns/

Etymology

From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza and inflood.

Sentences

Their accents and some aspects of grammar can also sometimes exhibit Tagalog influence .