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Controlling synonyms
kəntrōliŋ
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ruling
Exercising control or authority:
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  1. Exercising control or authority:
  2. Predominant:
  3. That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
commanding
Having authority; controlling or dominating
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  1. Having authority; controlling or dominating
  2. Controlling or dominating by position
  3. Impressively dominant.
dominant
Being an animal that occupies the highest position in a social hierarchy and has the greatest access to resources such as food and a mate or mates. Social dominance is gained and maintained through factors such as size and aggressiveness.
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  1. Being an animal that occupies the highest position in a social hierarchy and has the greatest access to resources such as food and a mate or mates. Social dominance is gained and maintained through factors such as size and aggressiveness.
  2. Most abundant or conspicuous; predominant:
  3. Exercising authority or influence; dominating; ruling; prevailing
paramount
Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme
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  1. Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme
  2. Highest in rank, power, or authority:
preponderant
Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing.
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  1. Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing.
  2. That preponderates; greater in amount, weight, power, influence, importance, etc.; predominant
  3. Having superior force, importance, or influence:
regnant
Widespread; prevalent.
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  1. Widespread; prevalent.
  2. Of greatest power; predominant
  3. Predominant.
reigning
Currently ruling or holding a position.
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  1. Currently ruling or holding a position.
ruling
Governing
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  1. Governing
  2. Predominant:
  3. That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
Find another word for controlling. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for controlling, like: ruling, supervising, regulating, autocratic, governing, predominant, commanding, dominant, dominating, dominative and governing.

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  • He just has a hard time controlling his temper, and I don't pay him enough respect.

  • Some women actually find controlling men irresistible.

  • You must focus on controlling your breathing and keep your eye on the target.

  • What both Ritschl and Schleiermacher insist on is that the belief in miracles is inseparable from the belief in God, and in God as immanent in nature, not only directing and controlling its existent forces, but also as initiating new stages consistent with the old in its progressive development.

  • He should be controlling this situation by now; not sitting here trying to figure out what the hell was happening.

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