influence

1. A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc (synset 105201419)
   "used her parents' influence to get the job"
   is a type of: power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence
   subtypes:

   • dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain - the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
   • force - a powerful effect or influence
   • grasp, grip - an intellectual hold or understanding
2. Causing something without any direct or apparent effort (synset 100157901)
   is a type of: causation, causing - the act of causing something to happen
   subtypes:

   • cross-pollination - stimulating influence among diverse elements
   • exposure - the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience
   • encroachment, impact, impingement - influencing strongly
   • manipulation, use - exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
   • hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion - the act of inducing hypnosis
   • enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
3. A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do (synset 105700875)
   "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
   is a type of: causal factor, determinant, determinative, determiner, determining factor - a determining or causal element or factor
   subtypes:

   • imponderable - a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
   • imprint - a distinctive influence
   • morale builder - something or someone who influences by building or strengthening morale
   • canker, pestilence - a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
   • support - something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
   • enticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
4. The effect of one thing (or person) on another (synset 111434722)
   "the influence of mechanical action"
   is a type of: consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   subtypes:

   • perturbation - (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
   • purchase - a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
   • wind - a tendency or force that influences events
5. One having power to influence another (synset 110481313)
   "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
   is a type of: force, power - one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

1. Have and exert influence or effect (synset 202542223)
   "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
   is a type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
   subtypes:

   • prejudice, prepossess - influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
   • form, imprint - establish or impress firmly in the mind
   • militate - have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
   • manipulate, pull strings, pull wires - influence or control shrewdly or deviously
   • color, colour - modify or bias
   • swing, swing over - influence decisively
   • blackjack, blackmail, pressure - exert pressure on someone through threats
   • carry, persuade, sway - win approval or support for
   • get at - influence by corruption
   • fix - influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
   • dominate - be in control
   same as: act upon, work
2. Shape or influence;
   Give direction to (synset 200702806)
   "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
   is a type of: cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
   subtypes:

   • dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
   • disincline, indispose - make unwilling
   • miscreate - shape or form or make badly
   • carry weight - have influence to a specified degree
   • decide - influence or determine
   • reshape - shape anew or differently
   • time - set the speed, duration, or execution of
   • index - adjust through indexation
   • pace - regulate or set the pace of
   • predetermine - determine beforehand
   same as: determine, mold, regulate, shape
3. Induce into action by using one's charm (synset 200778568)
   "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
   is a type of: persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
   subtypes: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind - attract strongly, as if with a magnet
   same as: charm, tempt

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