有力者|ゆうりょくしゃyuuryokusha

1. nouninfluential person; man of importance
   彼かれを通とおして私は町まちの有力ゆうりょく者ものと知り合しりあいになった。↗

   Through him I got acquainted with the big names of the town.

• Synonym重要人物じゅうようじんぶつNeutralAn important person, stressing a critical position; 「有力者」 stresses clout in a region or organization and a word that carries weight.
• Related名士めいしNeutralA well-known figure; stresses fame and reputation, not necessarily real power.
• Related権力者けんりょくしゃNeutralSomeone who holds power; stresses actual authority and carries a sense of distance.
• Antonym弱者じゃくしゃNeutralThe weak or vulnerable; disadvantaged people, the opposite of the influential 「有力者」.
• Antonym無力者WrittenA person without power; the direct opposite of 「有力者」. Rare, and mostly in written prose.

Use 「有力者」 for someone with power and influence in a region or field, as in 「地元の有力者」; a celebrity is 「名士」, a power holder 「権力者」, a key figure 「重要人物」; the opposite is 「弱者」.

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1. ある分野ぶんやや社会しゃかいで権力けんりょく、勢力せいりょくを有ゆうする者もの。