Synonyms:
- Establishment,
- Rasputin,
- Svengali,
- access,
- aristocracy,
- bad influence,
- baron,
- barons,
- big cheese,
- big gun,
- big man,
- big name,
- big shot,
- big wheel,
- bigwig,
- brass,
- brass hat,
- celebrity,
- court,
- cream,
- dignitary,
- dignity,
- elder,
- elite,
- eminence grise,
- establishment,
- fat cat,
- father,
- figure,
- five-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- gray eminence,
- great man,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- important person,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- interests,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- leader,
- lion,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- lords of creation,
- luminary,
- magnate,
- man of influence,
- man of mark,
- manipulator,
- mogul,
- nabob,
- name,
- nobility,
- notability,
- notable,
- open sesame,
- overlapping,
- panjandrum,
- person of renown,
- personage,
- personality,
- pillar of society,
- power,
- power elite,
- power structure,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- ruling circle,
- ruling circles,
- ruling class,
- sachem,
- sinister influence,
- somebody,
- something,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- the Establishment,
- the best,
- the best people,
- the brass,
- the great,
- the top,
- top brass,
- top people,
- tycoon,
- upper class,
- upper crust,
- very important person,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller,
- worthy