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powerful
a powerful person, organization, group etc is able to control and influence events and other people’s actions:
• the world’s most powerful nation • Parliament had become more powerful than the King. • a powerful political family
influential
having a lot of power to influence what happens, because people pay attention to what you say:
• a highly influential fashion designer • He’s one of the most influential figures in international politics.
strong
powerful – used about people or groups in politics who have a lot of supporters:
• The communists were particularly strong in the big industrial cities. • He is a strong voice in the state assembly.
dominant
more powerful than other people, groups, countries etc:
• She was the dominant force in women’s tennis for many years. • The company has a dominant position in the market.
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become ADV. enormously, especially, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, immensely, incredibly, particularly, really, remarkably, surprisingly, tremendously, unusually, very | increasingly | fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably, relatively | enough, sufficiently She had a voice powerful enough not to need a microphone. | potentially | economically, politically a politically powerful figure | locally locally powerful landowners
Oxford Collocations Dictionary