Synonyms and related words :
Maecenas, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, abettor, access, admirer, advocate, aficionado, agent, amicus curiae, angel, apologist, attorney, attorney-at-law, backer, bad influence, barrister, barrister-at-law, big wheel, buff, champion, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law, court, defender, dependence, deputy, eminence grise, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, five-percenter, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, intercessor, key, kingmaker, lawyer, legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner, legalist, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, lover, mainstay, maintainer, man of influence, manipulator, mouthpiece, open sesame, paranymph, partisan, patron, pleader, powers that be, pressure group, proctor, procurator, promoter, protagonist, reliance, sea lawyer, second, seconder, sectary, self-styled lawyer, sider, sinister influence, solicitor, special interests, special-interest group, sponsor, stalwart, standby, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, the Establishment, upholder, very important person, votary, well-wisher, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller