Synonyms:
- BMOC,
- Rasputin,
- Svengali,
- VIP,
- access,
- bad influence,
- big boy,
- big cheese,
- big gun,
- big noise,
- big shot,
- big-time operator,
- big-timer,
- bigwig,
- chief,
- court,
- eminence grise,
- five-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- gray eminence,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- high-muck-a-muck,
- his nibs,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- lords of creation,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- open sesame,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- sinister influence,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- the Establishment,
- very important person,
- wheel,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller