Influence
Influence verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: the news reports of the devastating flood influenced a great many people to make contributions for food and supplies
Trouble and influence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trouble" instead the word "Influence" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| considerable | considerable influence | considerable trouble |
| actual | actual influence | actual trouble |
| real | real influence | real trouble |
| massive | massive influence | massive trouble |
| Other adjectives: big, great, enormous, huge, little, slight, bad, main, personal, supernatural, major, mental, political, possible, less, significant, greater, economic, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Jedi Mind Trick: In the novel, Roman uses something similar to influence people and get himself out of trouble.
Source: Series / Hemlock Grove -
Jedi Mind Trick: In the novel, Roman uses something similar (the extaz) to influence people and get himself out of trouble.
Source: Literature / Hemlock Grove -
Character Development: A big part of season 1 is TK's development from trouble maker to team leader, from bad influence on Dani's life to good influence on her life.
Source: Series / Necessary Roughness
Cite this Source
Trouble and Influence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/influence/trouble
Influence & Trouble. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/influence/trouble>.
Trouble or Influence. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/influence/trouble.
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