gray eminence

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "gray eminence":
      Machiavellian, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence,
      behind-the-scenes operator, big wheel, court, eminence grise,
      finagler, five-percenter, friend at court, gamesman,
      good influence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence,
      influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, key, kingmaker, lobby,
      lobbyist, logroller, lords of creation, machinator,
      man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, operator,
      pork-barrel politician, powers that be, pressure group,
      sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group,
      strategist, the Establishment, very important person,
      wheeler-dealer, wire-puller