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Dominating

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Main Entry: dominate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: govern, rule

Synonyms:

boss, call the shots, command, control, detract from, dictate, direct, domineer, eclipse, handle, have one's way, have upper hand, head, hold sway over, influence, keep under thumb, lay down the law, lead, lead by the nose, manage, monopolize, outshine, overbear, overrule, overshadow, play first fiddle, predominate, preponderate, prevail, prevail over, reign, rule the roost, run, run the show, sit on top of, subject, subjugate, superabound, sway, tyrannize

Antonyms:

follow, go along, submit, surrender, yield
Main Entry: dominate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tower above

Synonyms:

bestride, look down upon, loom over, overlie, overlook, overtop, stand over, survey

Antonyms:

be below
Main Entry: dominating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: controlling

Synonyms:

domineering, imperious, magisterial

Antonyms:

secondary
Main Entry: authoritative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: domineering

Synonyms:

assertive, authoritarian, autocratic, commanding, confident, decisive, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, dominating, imperative, imperious, imposing, masterly, officious, peremptory, self-assured
Notes: authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect

Antonyms:

democratic
Main Entry: boss around
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bully

Synonyms:

browbeat, bulldoze, dominate, domineer, dragoon, oppress, order around, push around, tyrannize
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rule, have power

Synonyms:

administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, exercise power, force, govern, guide, have authority, head, hinder, hold office, influence, lead, manage, officiate, oppress, overbear, override, predominate, prescribe, preside over, prevail, push, regulate, reign, reign over, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, take over, tyrannize, wield

Antonyms:

follow
Main Entry: commanding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: superior, authoritative

Synonyms:

advantageous, arresting, assertive, autocratic, bossy, compelling, controlling, decisive, dictatorial, dominant, dominating, forceful, imperious, imposing, impressive, in charge, lofty, peremptory, striking

Antonyms:

indecisive, inferior, unassertive, uncontrolling
Main Entry: consume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: use up

Synonyms:

absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out

Antonyms:

accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store
Main Entry: control
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have charge of

Synonyms:

administer, administrate, advise, be in saddle, boss, bully, call, call the signals, command, conduct, deal with, direct, discipline, dominate, domineer, govern, guide, handle, head, head up, hold purse strings, hold sway over, hold the reins, instruct, lead, manage, manipulate, overlook, oversee, pilot, predominate, push buttons, quarterback, regiment, regulate, reign over, rule, run the show, run things, run*, steer, subject, subjugate, superintend, supervise

Antonyms:

abandon, forsake, give up, let go, relinquish, renounce, resign
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage, oversee

Synonyms:

administer, advise, be in the driver's seat, boss, call the shots, carry on, conduct, control, control the affairs of, dispose, dominate, govern, guide, handle, have the say, head up, influence, keep, lead, operate, ordain, preside over, quarterback, regulate, rule, run, run the show, run things, shepherd, superintend, supervise, take the reins

Antonyms:

misguide, mismanage, neglect
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