Exact Match:
- open sesame
- any very successful means of achieving a result
- a magical command; used by Ali Baba
Synonyms:
- Rasputin,
- Svengali,
- VIP,
- abracadabra,
- access,
- bad influence,
- big wheel,
- bottle opener,
- can opener,
- church key,
- clavis,
- conjuration,
- corkscrew,
- countersign,
- court,
- eminence grise,
- five-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- gray eminence,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- hocus-pocus,
- incantation,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- latchkey,
- latchstring,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- lords of creation,
- magic formula,
- magic words,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- master key,
- mumbo jumbo,
- opener,
- passkey,
- password,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- secret grip,
- shibboleth,
- sinister influence,
- skeleton key,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- tessera,
- the Establishment,
- ticket,
- tin opener,
- token,
- very important person,
- watchword,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller