Powers that be - synonyms

Total 73 synonym synonyms found for powers that be.

John Bull

Rasputin

Svengali

Uncle Sam

VIP

Washington

Whitehall

access

bad influence

big wheel

bureaucracy

court

directorate

eminence grise

five-percenter

friend at court

good influence

gray eminence

heavyweight

hidden hand

hierarchy

higher echelons

higher-ups

holdover

incumbent

influence

influence peddler

influencer

ingroup

ins

jack-in-office

key

kingmaker

lame duck

lobby

lobbyist

lords of creation

man of influence

management

manipulator

ministry

new broom

office-bearer

officeholder

officialdom

open sesame

prelacy

president-elect

pressure group

public official

public servant

ruling class

ruling classes

sinister influence

special interests

special-interest group

the Crown

the Establishment

the administration

the authorities

the government

the ingroup

the interests

the people upstairs

the power elite

the power structure

the top

them

they

top brass

very important person

wheeler-dealer

wire-puller