Term: nepotist: a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: minoan civilization: the bronze-age culture of Crete that flourished 3000-1100 BC
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: one-flowered wintergreen: delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: sphenisciformes: penguins
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: gaming card: one of a set of cards used in gambling games
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: lamb: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: muskellunge: large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: hydnocarpus oil: oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia)
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: pony: any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: rat snake: any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: train of thought: the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together