| Main Entry: | directive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, instruction |
Synonyms: |
charge, communication, decree, dictate, edict, injunction, mandate, memo, memorandum, message, notice, order, ordinance, regulation, ruling, ukase, word |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | administrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved in managing or using power |
Synonyms: |
authoritative, bureaucratic, central, commanding, controlling, deciding, decisive, departmental, directing, directive, directorial, executive, governing, governmental, in charge, in control, jurisdictional, legislative, managerial, official, organizational, policy-making, presiding, regulative, regulatory, ruling, superintending, supervising, supervisory |
| Main Entry: | communication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information transmitted |
Synonyms: |
account, advice, announcement, briefing, bulletin, communiqué, conversation, converse, declaration, directive, disclosure, dispatch, excerpt, goods*, hot story, ideas, info, information, inside story, intelligence, language, lowdown, message, missive, news, note, pipeline, poop, prophecy, précis, publicity, report, revelation, scoop*, skinny*, speech, statement, summary, tidings, translation, utterance, warning, word, work |
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
Synonyms: |
act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, the riot act, the word, ukase |
| Main Entry: | direction(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instructions, guidance |
Synonyms: |
advice, advisement, assignment, briefing, directive, guidelines, indication, lowdown, notification, plan, prescription, recommendation, regulation, sealed order, specification, specs, steer*, summons, tip, word* |
Antonyms: |
misdirection, misinstruction |
| Main Entry: | edict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pronouncement, order |
Synonyms: |
act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, ukase, writ |
| Notes: | an edict is a formal or authoritative proclamation; an addict is someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or someone who is a devoted supporter or fan |
| Main Entry: | instruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand, command |
Synonyms: |
advice, briefing, direction, directive, information, injunction, mandate, order, plan, ruling |
Antonyms: |
question |
| Main Entry: | mandate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, order |
Synonyms: |
authorization, behest, bidding, blank check, carte blanche, charge, command, commission, decree, dictate, directive, edict, fiat, go-ahead, green light, imperative, injunction, instruction, okay*, precept, sanction, warrant, word* |
Antonyms: |
denial, veto |
| Main Entry: | memorandum/memo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written note |
Synonyms: |
announcement, chit, diary, directive, dispatch, epistle, jotting, letter, message, minute, missive, notation, notice, record, reminder, tickler |
| Main Entry: | message |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | communication, often written |
Synonyms: |
bulletin, cannonball, communiqué, directive, dispatch, dope, earful, epistle, information, intelligence, intimation, letter, memo, memorandum, missive, news, note, notice, paper, report, tidings, wire, word |