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  1. adj. Having control over a person or thing.
  2. v. present participle of control.

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  1. adj. able to control or determine policy

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synonyms (35)

Words with the same meaning

  1. restraint
  2. superintendence
  3. government
  4. direct
  5. guide
  6. govern
  7. check
  1. rule
  2. subdue
  3. counteract
  4. curb
  5. hinder
  6. restrain
  7. manage
  1. regulate
  2. overpower
  3. prevail
  4. reign
  5. command
  6. dominate
  7. sway
  1. order
  2. ruler
  3. rein
  4. predominate
  5. ride
  6. carry
  7. hold
  1. gripe
  2. obsess
  3. caucus
  4. officer
  5. mastery
  6. preponderate
  7. widget

hypernyms (19)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. relation
  2. disembodied spirit
  3. spirit
  1. insure
  2. check
  3. see
  1. ascertain
  2. assure
  3. see to it
  1. ensure
  2. prove
  3. examine
  1. test
  2. essay
  3. tryout
  1. try
  2. skillfulness
  3. criterion
  1. standard

hyponyms (38)

Words that are more specific

  1. guide
  2. handle
  3. govern
  4. hold sway
  5. manoeuvre
  6. manage
  7. manoeuver
  1. deal
  2. channelize
  3. rule
  4. draw rein
  5. care
  6. dominate
  7. head
  1. direct
  2. rein
  3. channelise
  4. corner
  5. hold
  6. call the shots
  7. harness
  1. preoccupy
  2. regiment
  3. internationalise
  4. internationalize
  5. preside
  6. master
  7. charm
  1. wear the trousers
  2. point
  3. monopolise
  4. rein in
  5. becharm
  6. steer
  7. monopolize
  1. call the tune
  2. hold one's own
  3. maneuver

same context (29)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. system
  2. management
  3. unit
  4. test
  5. command
  1. train
  2. communication
  3. moon
  4. salvation
  5. houses
  1. instance
  2. worth
  3. branch
  4. theory
  5. dress
  1. possession
  2. animals
  3. weight
  4. field
  5. lable
  1. works
  2. ground
  3. work-around
  4. species
  5. joy
  1. religion
  2. view
  3. edition
  4. knowledge

rhymes (54)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Cole
  2. Dole
  3. Kohl
  4. Nicole
  5. Ole
  6. Pole
  7. Seoul
  8. Sol
  9. atoll
  10. bole
  1. boll
  2. bowl
  3. cajole
  4. coal
  5. cole
  6. console
  7. decontrol
  8. dhole
  9. dole
  10. droll
  1. enroll
  2. extol
  3. foal
  4. goal
  5. hole
  6. knoll
  7. kohl
  8. mole
  9. nole
  10. noll
  1. ole
  2. parole
  3. patrol
  4. pistole
  5. pole
  6. poll
  7. rock-and-roll
  8. role
  9. roll
  10. scroll
  1. self-control
  2. skoal
  3. sol
  4. sole
  5. soul
  6. sowle
  7. stole
  8. stroll
  9. thole
  10. tole
  1. toll
  2. troll
  3. viole
  4. whole

reverse dictionary (253)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. cloche
  2. left brain
  3. right brain
  4. link-motion
  5. régime
  6. job control language
  7. fascism
  8. law
  9. hold
  10. emancipate
  11. emancipation
  12. influence
  13. dominant
  14. hostile takeover
  15. leading
  16. controlment
  17. control theory
  18. corporate raider
  19. handling
  20. hegemonic
  21. hierarch
  22. historionomer
  23. colonialism
  24. governing
  25. dynamometamorphosed
  26. handlebar
  27. intake-valve
  28. servo-motor
  29. speeder
  30. waste-preventer
  31. buyout
  32. predominate
  33. rudder-brake
  34. ruling
  35. shuttle-motion
  36. aviation
  37. balance-lever
  38. brake-handle
  39. check-flooding
  40. angiotensin
  41. ball cock
  42. air conditioner
  43. antihypertensive
  44. holding company
  45. ascendency
  46. autocracy
  47. idea
  48. blast-regulator
  49. bolt-feeder
  50. coercion
  1. crimping-house
  2. determining
  3. hawksbill
  4. heat-regulator
  5. horsemanship
  6. horsewhip
  7. induction-valve
  8. injection-valve
  9. calcium chloride
  10. rudder
  11. disenthrall
  12. dynasty
  13. Heath
  14. overclass
  15. Sweden
  16. Wall Street
  17. block system
  18. sonnet sequence
  19. swell box
  20. mosquito fish
  21. bobsled
  22. thermostat
  23. backroom
  24. body
  25. bow
  26. brain
  27. carburetor
  28. console
  29. controller
  30. convert
  31. dominion
  32. takeover
  33. terrestrial guidance
  34. tetraiodothyronine
  35. thyroxin
  36. thyroxine
  37. trade policy
  38. turnstile
  39. will power
  40. willpower
  41. duopsony
  42. executive routine
  43. flue stop
  44. fly gallery
  45. reed stop
  46. commanding
  47. wire
  48. master
  49. wheel
  50. nucleus
  1. power
  2. proactive
  3. raider
  4. regulating
  5. ride
  6. riding
  7. self-command
  8. self-control
  9. self-discipline
  10. self-possession
  11. self-will
  12. sensorimotor
  13. silvex
  14. skidpan
  15. spigot
  16. sumptuary
  17. sway
  18. t
  19. trust
  20. boss
  21. central
  22. concession
  23. conduct
  24. control
  25. damper
  26. dominate
  27. drive
  28. establishment
  29. wear
  30. independent
  31. instrument
  32. suitor
  33. top
  34. gate
  35. pallet
  36. minority
  37. organ
  38. pedal
  39. throttle
  40. backfire
  41. Disraeli
  42. doings
  43. draft
  44. equitation
  45. faucet
  46. fire control system
  47. first earl of beaconsfield
  48. fly floor
  49. God
  50. inertial navigation
  1. instrument panel
  2. manipulative
  3. motilin
  4. national trading policy
  5. nature
  6. optical device
  7. ownership
  8. panel
  9. possession
  10. powerfulness
  11. predictor
  12. raid
  13. regulation
  14. regulator
  15. restraint
  16. self-denial
  17. sit
  18. valve
  19. air-condition
  20. air-cool
  21. bank holding company
  22. behavior
  23. behaviour
  24. benjamin disraeli
  25. board
  26. cartel
  27. celestial guidance
  28. combine
  29. command guidance
  30. comptroller of the currency
  31. control board
  32. control panel
  33. control stock
  34. control system
  35. corporate trust
  36. crowd control
  37. deity
  38. determination
  39. divinity
  40. driving
  41. governor
  42. horseback riding
  43. immortal
  44. inertial guidance
  45. motive
  46. octopus
  47. overrule
  48. overruling
  49. passion
  50. plutocracy
  1. principal
  2. sovereign
  3. sympathetic system
  4. syndicate
  5. act of bankruptcy
  6. architectonic
  7. ascendancy
  8. authority
  9. chief
  10. clock
  11. coemption
  12. command
  13. consideration
  14. curb
  15. dashpot
  16. despotism
  17. dictate
  18. eminent
  19. enthusiasm
  20. experience
  21. fatality
  22. free
  23. freedom
  24. govern
  25. hair trigger
  26. hand
  27. hinge
  28. honor
  29. jurisdiction
  30. key
  31. keynote
  32. magic
  33. manager
  34. masterful
  35. mechanism
  36. mediatize
  37. pendulum
  38. predominant
  39. preside
  40. presidency
  41. prevail
  42. prevailing
  43. prevalent
  44. rebel
  45. religion
  46. ring
  47. rule
  48. ruler
  49. stop
  50. stroke
  1. subject
  2. switch
  3. sympathetic

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