influential

Definitions

Having a great influence on someone or something.

Exerting or possessing significant power to affect events, behavior, or opinions.

Examples

She is one of the most influential figures in the world of modern technology.

The professor's influential research changed the way we understand climate change.

His early work was highly influential in shaping the artistic movement of the decade.

Synonyms

powerful authoritative compelling dominant persuasive potent prominent

Antonyms

powerless insignificant unimportant weak ineffectual inconsequential minor