Term: elder statesman: any influential person whose advice is highly respected
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: sleuth: a detective who follows a trail
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: transgression: the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: subsidiary company: a company that is completely controlled by another company
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: spring: the season of growth
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: mid-water: the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: pelagic bird: bird of the open seas
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: pointillism: a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: radiation: the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: rumor: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Broader: important person: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Unrelated: line: text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen