Great
Great adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: regards global warming as the great issue of the day
Influential is a synonym for great in powerful topic. In some cases you can use "Influential" instead an adjective "Great".
Influential
Influential adjective - Having great power or influence.
Usage example: a particularly influential politician got the team a new ballpark
Great is a synonym for influential. Sometimes you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Influential".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- high and great
- high and influential
- notable and great
- notable and influential
- considerable and great
- considerable and influential
- substantial and great
- substantial and influential
- prominent and great
- prominent and influential
- strong and great
- strong and influential
- powerful and great
- powerful and influential
Both words in one sentence
- They think they're the ultimate villains that not even the great detective Batman can defeat and that they're too powerful and influential to be punished.
Source: Big Bad Wannabe - The White Tower on its own is a great example; all of its full members are incredibly powerful, live for many times a human lifespan, and are so influential that even kings ask them for advice.
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They have had a great deal of impact on worlds both real and fictional and rank second only to The Presidents in being the most influential and well known Western world leaders.
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