clout
Wallop or influence
Clout is influence or power, especially in political or social contexts: She has clout with the mayor, His endorsement carries real clout.
The word suggests the ability to make things happen through connections or reputation rather than formal authority.
In its older sense, a clout is a heavy blow: He gave him a clout on the ear.
To clout is to hit hard.
Among younger speakers, clout increasingly refers to social media fame or cultural cachet: chasing clout, clout chaser.
Forceful impact or stoppage
Reputation commanding admiration
- standingPosition, physical or social
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
recognition · renown · prominence · notoriety · fame · respect · stature · profile
Rock back and forth
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- pullForce toward oneself
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- cachetRespected status or appeal
connections · networking · lobbying · persuasion · advocacy · manipulation · coercion · inducement
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- muscleContractile body tissue
strength · might · force · grip · reach · jurisdiction · governance · sovereignty
strike
Forceful impact or stoppage
whack · blow · punch · wallop · thump · knock · swat · bash · slug · clip
prestige
Reputation commanding admiration
- standingPosition, physical or social
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
esteem · recognition · renown · prominence · notoriety · fame · respect · stature · profile · cachet
sway
Rock back and forth
cachet · connections · networking · lobbying · persuasion · advocacy · manipulation · coercion · inducement · negotiation
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
muscle · strength · might · force · grip · reach · jurisdiction · governance · sovereignty · enforcement
streetwear
Skate and hip-hop clothing
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
- hypebeastPerson obsessed with trendy brands
- dripLiquid falling slowly
flex · swag · Supreme · sneakerhead · drop · resale · collab
- shadow powerpuppet master, puppeteer, string puller, string pulling, string-pulling
- standingstanding, status, stature, reputation, position
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
- archeryarrow, bow, bows, arrows, archer
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy
cloutpowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
impotence · helplessness · weakness · ineffectuality · irrelevance
cloutobscurity
State of being unknown
anonymity · invisibility · marginality · unimportance · insignificance
- clout chaserOne pursuing reflected notoriety