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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFLUEN'TIAL, a. Exerting influence or power by invisible operation, as physical causes on bodies, or as moral causes on the mind. It is particularly used to express the operation of moral causes.
Influential characters, persons who possess the power of inclining or controlling the minds of others.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace" [ant: uninfluential]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1570 exerting or possessing influence • influentially adverb II. noun Date: 1831 one who has great influence

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. having a great influence or power (influential in the financial world). Derivatives: influentially adv. Etymology: med.L influentia INFLUENCE

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone or something that is influential has a lot of influence over people or events. He had been influential in shaping economic policy. ...one of the most influential books ever written. ADJ: oft ADJ in -ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Potent, powerful, controlling. 2. Of influence, of authority.

Moby Thesaurus

absolute, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, charismatic, charming, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling, dominant, duly constituted, effective, effectual, efficacious, eminent, empowered, enchanting, estimable, ex officio, forceful, governing, great, guiding, hegemonic, hegemonistic, imperative, important, instrumental, leading, magnetic, mighty, momentous, monocratic, official, personable, persuasive, potent, powerful, predominant, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking, reputable, ruling, senior, significant, strong, suasive, substantial, superior, supreme, telling, totalitarian, weighty, winning