Commanding synonyms and antonyms
kə-măn'dĭng
Category:
Part of speech:
Exercising the most power, control, or influence:
(Informal) A checking account.
Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority
Of or pertaining to a dictator
at-the-helm
In command
That preponderates; greater in amount, weight, power, influence, importance, etc.; predominant
Urgent; pressing:
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at the head
In command
Most important or significant; main; principal
A border or rim of lead, as around a windowpane.
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(Uncountable) Making an agreement for later pick up or delivery.
(Uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
An authoritative or official decision:
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The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
That which issues from a source.
The situation where something is overruled.
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(Archaic) requirement
The act by which someone or something is restrained.
having dominion over
being in command
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being in authority
obeying (antonym)
yielding (antonym)
submitting (antonym)
absolute (related)
Authoritative; peremptory.
autocratic (related)
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masterful (related)
Having or showing the ability of a master; expert; skillful; masterly
administrative (related)
Of or relating to administering or administration.
governing (related)
In command
government (related)
The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
The definition of imperative is something that has authority or is absolutely necessary.
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Showing or having the skill or knowledge of a master; expert
The definition of mandatory is something that is required.
uncontrolling (antonym)
superior, authoritative
unassertive (antonym)
Not assertive; reserved.
indecisive (antonym)
(Of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
Very dignified and noble:
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Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme
Reigning; ruling:
Currently ruling or holding a position.
over (related)
Done; finished; past; obsolete
strong (related)
Persuasive, effective, and cogent:
used of a height or viewpoint
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decretive
Decretory.
jussive
(Gram.) Expressing a command
To rise above; exceed in height; tower over
(Intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
To ask (a person) to do something:
To set down as a rule or direction; order; ordain; direct
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To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on:
To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
Influence is defined as to affect a person or thing.
To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail:
To demand and get by authority or force; insist on
To exercise arbitrary or arrogant rule or control.
To ask for as a right or with authority
To gain control of or subdue by military force:
To give power or authority to; authorize
To command, ask, or tell
(Law) To decide the disposition of (property) by special authority
To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
To force, compel, or urge; incite; constrain
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
Captain means to lead.
To guide or lead on a course:
The definition of oblige is to compel, force or obligate someone to do something by force, or to do as someone wishes, or to be indebted to someone.
The definition of oppress is to keep something down using cruel or unjust power.
Push is defined as to press, force or urge a person or thing to move or go away.
To subdue is defined as to gain control over someone or something or to calm or quiet someone or something.
To hinder is defined as to restrain or hold something back.
To force into, or hold in, close bounds; confine
To be in force, use, or effect; be current:
To put down or subdue by force:
To govern as a tyrant; rule with absolute power
To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
To keep from departing or getting away:
To restrain; check; control
To aim, point, or turn in a certain direction:
(Rare) To carry in a coach
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
To oversee and manage; supervise.
To oversee, direct, or manage (work, workers, a project, etc.); superintend
To manage as an administrator.
To manage, control, or direct
To counteract the normal operation of (an automatic control).
To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
To call or summon by a silent gesture
Proclaim is defined as to announce or declare.
To cite is defined as to tell someone they must appear in court.
To summon is to order to meet, to bring together or to order to come.
To keep (a person) from some right or privilege; exclude; bar
To set aside
To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
(Eccles.) To prohibit; forbid
To prohibit (an action or thing) or forbid (someone) to do something, especially by legal or ecclesiastical order.
To refuse to permit; forbid by law or by an order
To proscribe is to make something illegal, or to forbid something to be done, or to banish someone for wrongdoing.
To give justification for; warrant
To justify; to give grounds for.
To summon with such an order
To give or cause (pain, wounds, etc.) by or as by striking; cause to be borne
To assign a task to; require or demand a piece of work of
(Archaic) To cause (oneself) to own, hold, or master something, such as property or knowledge.
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
To boast about
following (antonym)
To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand:
reversing (antonym)
To turn inside out or upside down:
recalling (antonym)
To ask or order to return:
opposing (antonym)
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
contradicting (antonym)
To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
revoking (antonym)
(Now Rare) To recall
countermanding (antonym)
To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order).
begging (antonym)
To ask for (something) in an urgent or humble manner:
preceding (related)
To be, come, or go before in time, place, order, rank, or importance
non-commissioned (related)
Commanding-in-Chief (related)
commander (related)
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