influence
n
1 agency, ascendancy, authority, control, credit, direction, domination, effect, guidance, magnetism, mastery, power, pressure, rule, spell, sway, weight
2 bottom, clout (informal) connections, good offices, hold, importance, leverage, power, prestige, pull (informal) weight
vb
3 act or work upon, affect, arouse, bias, control, count, direct, dispose, guide, impact, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, instigate, lead to believe, manipulate, modify, move, persuade, predispose, prompt, rouse, sway
4 bring pressure to bear upon, carry weight with, make oneself felt, pull strings (informal)