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Main Entry: control
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: command, mastery

Synonyms:

ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand, weight, wire pulling

Antonyms:

helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness
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: control
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: curb, hold back

Synonyms:

adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, rein in, repress, restrain, simmer down, smother, subdue

Antonyms:

chance, jump in, let go, risk, rush
Main Entry: administer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage an organization or effort

Synonyms:

administrate, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, boss*, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee, pull the strings, pull the wires, render, ride herd on, run, run the show, sit on top of, superintend, supervise

Antonyms:

forego, mismanage, neglect
Main Entry: administration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: management of an organization or effort

Synonyms:

administering, agency, application, authority, charge, command, conduct, conducting, control, directing, direction, dispensation, disposition, distribution, enforcement, execution, governing, government, guidance, handling, jurisdiction, legislation, order, organization, overseeing, oversight, performance, policy, power, provision, regulation, rule, running, strategy, superintendence, supervision, surveillance
Main Entry: ascendancy/ascendency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: domination

Synonyms:

advantage, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump*, leg up, mastery, on top, power, predominance, preeminence, prepotence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand

Antonyms:

decline, inferiority, powerlessness, subordination
Main Entry: auspices
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: protection; support

Synonyms:

advocacy, aegis, authority, backing, care, charge, control, countenance, guidance, influence, patronage, sponsorship, supervision
Main Entry: behave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act reasonably, properly

Synonyms:

act correctly, act one's age, act with decorum, be civil, be good, be nice, be on best behavior, be orderly, comport oneself, conduct oneself properly, control, demean oneself, deport oneself, direct, discipline oneself, keep one's nose clean, keep the peace, live up to, manage, manage oneself, mind one's manners, mind one's p's and q's, observe golden rule, observe the law, play fair, shape up, toe the mark, watch one's step

Antonyms:

act up, misbehave
Main Entry: bewitch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: charm

Synonyms:

allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow*

Antonyms:

disenchant, disgust, turn off
Main Entry: brake
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stopping device; check

Synonyms:

anchor, binders, cinchers, constraint, control, curb, damper, deterrent, discouragement, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, obstacle, rein, restraint, retarding device
Notes: to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack

Antonyms:

accelerator
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