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  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  control
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  controllable, educable, educatable, manipulatory, pliant, tractable, vulnerable
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  control
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  ascendancy, ascendency, check, command, continence, custody, dominance, domination, dominion, hindrance, jurisdiction, manipulation, mastery, power, preeminence, regulation, repression, restraint, sovereignty, stranglehold, subjugation, superintendence governance, suzerainty, tractability
Antonyms:  abandon, subjection, unrestraint
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  control
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To exercise authority or influence over.
Synonyms:  direct, dominate, govern, rule
Idioms:  be at the helm, be in the driver's seat, hold sway over, hold the reins
  Synonym Collection v1.1
Main Entry:  control
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  bridle, check, clout, command, conduct, contain, curb, direct, discipline, dominate, domination, dominion, govern, grasp, guide, handle, harness, hierarchize, hold, influence, juice, jurisdiction, leash, manage, manipulate, mastery, monopolize, monopoly, ordinance, overlook, power, predominate, preside, regulate, regulation, rein, repress, restrain, rule, stage-manage, steer, subdue, subjugate, subordinate, superintend, supervise, sway
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  authority
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge.
Synonyms:  command, domination, dominion, jurisdiction, mastery, might, power, prerogative, sovereignty, sway
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  compose
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To bring one's emotions under control.
Synonyms:  collect, contain, cool, simmer down
Idioms:  cool it
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  domination
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The act of exercising controlling power or the condition of being so controlled.
Synonyms:  command, dominance, dominion, mastery, reign, rule, sway
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  govern
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To keep the mechanical operation of (a device) within proper parameters.
Synonyms:  regulate
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  government
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The continuous exercise of authority over a political unit.
Synonyms:  administration, direction, governance, rule
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  reserve
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The keeping of one's thoughts and emotions to oneself.
Synonyms:  restraint, reticence, self-control, self-restraint, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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