Capable
Capable adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Influential and capable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Influential" instead an adjective "Capable".
Nearby Words: capability, capably
Influential
Influential adjective - Having great power or influence.
Usage example: a particularly influential politician got the team a new ballpark
Capable and influential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capable" instead an adjective "Influential".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Kellhus, already extremely influential and capable, becomes almost horrifyingly powerful.
Source: Empowered Badass Normal - I, Pencil, an influential 1958 essay about how markets produce things (like pencils) that no single person is capable of making
Source: I, Noun -
When the Time Masters refused to act, he stole the Waverider and left to stop Savage himself, choosing a team from among the most capable of the least influential people he could find.
Source: Series / Legends of Tomorrow
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