Influence
How words are described
| human | human influence | human wash |
| good | good influence | good wash |
| actual | actual influence | actual wash |
| real | real influence | real wash |
| Other adjectives: slight, dark, noticeable, major. | ||
Common collocations
| man | influence man | wash man |
Both words in one sentence
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The nuns of the hospital see themselves as a civilizing influence, and believe that they have to teach the natives how to deliver their babies and how to wash them.
Source: Film / The Nun's Story -
Dr Godbole feels the need to wash his hands after touching a non-Hindu, and several of the Muslim characters express the view that Hindus are barbarians who need to be civilised by their influence - essentially parroting the views of the British.
Source: Literature / A Passage to India -
Maine wouldn't be reborn as the Meta, as Sigma wouldn't be able to influence him; she wouldn't request both Eta and Iota as AI, which means that Wash would never have received Epsilon and learned the truth behind everything, and South wouldn't have gone Cain and Abel on her twin brother.
Source: For Want of a Nail
Cite this Source
Wash and Influence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/influence/wash
Influence & Wash. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/influence/wash>.
Wash or Influence. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/influence/wash.
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