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Another word for direction

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Noun

  1. Authoritative control over the affairs of others

    See also:

    over

  2. The continuous exercise of authority over a political unit

    See also:

    politics

    control

  3. An act or instance of guiding

    See also:

    affect

  4. An authoritative indication to be obeyed

    See also:

    words

    over

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for direction

Noun

  1. A position

    See also:

    way

    route

  2. Supervision

    See also:

    regulation

    administration

  3. An order

    See also:

    command

  4. A tendency

    See also:

    inclination

    drift

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She faced the direction from which she'd come.

  • Isn't this the direction technology inevitably is heading?

  • A faint pulse of life came from the direction of the gym.

  • Are we moving in the direction of the solution now?

  • The police sometimes don't even hear the entire tip... just enough to lead them in the right direction, and find the person.

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