Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having or exercising influence or power;
- Example: "an influential newspaper"- Example: "influential leadership for peace"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Influential \In`flu*en"tial\ ([i^]n`fl[-u]*[e^]n"shal), a. [See
Influence.]
Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent;
efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or
ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.
[1913 Webster]
A very influential Gascon prefix. --Earle.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
influential
adj 1: having or exercising influence or power; "an influential
newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace" [ant:
uninfluential]