Hypernyms for "influential person"
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behemoth
big cheese
big deal
big enchilada
big fish
big gun
big shot
big wheel
bigwig
celebrity
colossus
dignitary
elder statesman
eminence grise
Excellency
famous person
figure
fixer
giant
head honcho
heavy hitter
heavyweight
hierarch
high muckamuck
high-muck-a-muck
high-up
influence peddler
kingmaker
kingpin
magnifico
name
nepotist
panjandrum
policy maker
pooh-bah
power broker
powerbroker
public figure
sacred cow
sirdar
socialite
sun
titan
top banana
very important person
VIP
worthy
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.