Synonyms and related words :
John Bull, Rasputin, Svengali, Uncle Sam, VIP, Washington, Whitehall, access, bad influence, baron, big gun, big man, big name, big wheel, bigwig, brass, brass hat, bureaucracy, celebrity, court, dignitary, dignity, directorate, elder, eminence grise, father, figure, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, great man, heavyweight, hidden hand, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, important person, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, interests, key, kingmaker, lion, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, magnate, man of influence, man of mark, management, manipulator, ministry, mogul, nabob, name, notability, notable, officialdom, open sesame, panjandrum, person of renown, personage, personality, pillar of society, power, power elite, powers that be, prelacy, pressure group, ruling circle, ruling class, ruling classes, sachem, sinister influence, somebody, something, special interests, special-interest group, the Crown, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the government, the great, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass, top people, tycoon, very important person, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller, worthy,