| 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: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order rule or action |
Synonyms: |
announce, command, compel, constrain, decide, declare, demand, determine, dictate, enact, force, impose, lay down the law, oblige, ordain, prescribe, proclaim, pronounce, put one's foot down, read the riot act, require, rule, set |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legislative document |
Synonyms: |
amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | appoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility; decide |
Synonyms: |
accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, finger, fix, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap |
Antonyms: |
dismiss, fire, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
Synonyms: |
accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prize or reward |
Synonyms: |
accord, adjudge, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bestow, concede, confer, decree, dish out, distribute, donate, endow, fork out, gift, grant, hand out, present, render, reward, shell out, sweeten the kitty |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand or announce action |
Synonyms: |
appeal to, appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, elect, entreat, exact, ordain, order, postulate, pray to, proclaim, require, requisition, set apart, solicit, summon |
Antonyms: |
stop |
| Main Entry: | canon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, edict |
Synonyms: |
assize, catalogue, command, commandment, criterion, declaration, decree, decretum, dictate, doctrine, dogma, formula, law, list, maxim, order, ordinance, precept, principle, regulation, roll, screed, standard, statute, table, tenet, touchstone, yardstick |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
Synonyms: |
act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | constitute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize |
Synonyms: |
appoint, commission, decree, delegate, depute, deputize, designate, draft, empower, enact, establish, legislate, make, name, nominate, ordain, order |
Antonyms: |
deny, refuse |