sphere of influence

1. 1.

   the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

   Synonymssphere

   Broadergeographical area

Questions about sphere of influence

What does sphere of influence mean?

sphere of influence means "the geographical area in which one nation is very influential".

What is another word for sphere of influence?

Close synonyms include sphere. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sphere of influence a common word?

sphere of influence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.