All influence antonyms
in·flu·ence
I i noun influence
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
- origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- powerlessness — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- triviality — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
- inferiority — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
verb influence
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.