'Svengali' definitions:
Definition of 'Svengali'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
noun
The musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically
Synonyms of 'Svengali'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- bad influence,
- big wheel,
- court,
- eminence grise,
- five-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- gray eminence,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- hypnotist,
- hypnotizer,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- lobby,
- lobbyist,
- lords of creation,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- Mesmer,
- mesmerizer,
- open sesame,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- Rasputin,
- sinister influence,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- the Establishment,
- very important person,
- VIP,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller