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| Main Entry: | direction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management |
| Synonyms: | administration, charge, command, control, government, guidance, leadership, order, oversight, supervision, superintendence |
| Main Entry: | direction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, route |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, area, aspect, bearing, beeline*, bent, bias, current, drift, end, inclination, line, objective, orientation, outlook, path, proclivity, range, region, road, set, side, slant, spot, standpoint, stream, tack, tendency, tide, track, trajectory, trend, viewpoint, way, point of compass, that-a-way |
| Antonyms: | deviation, misdirection, wrong way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | direction(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instructions, guidance |
| Synonyms: | advice, assignment, briefing, directive, indication, notification, plan, prescription, recommendation, regulation, specification, steer*, summons, tip, word*, advisement, guidelines, lowdown, sealed order, specs |
| Antonyms: | misdirection, misinstruction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, tenor; tendency [more]; incidence; bending, trending; dip, tack, aim, collimation; steering, steerage., point of the compass, cardinal points; North, East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, etc.; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation., line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment, allignment; air line, beeline; straight shoot., direction; management, managery; government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance; bossism [U.S.]; legislature; steerage, pilotage; reins, reins of government; helm, rudder, needle, compass; guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star; cynosure., supervision, superintendence; surveillance, oversight; eye of the master; control, charge; board of control (council) [more]; command (authority) [more]., premiership, senatorship; director [more]; chair, portfolio., statesmanship; statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft., ministry, ministration; administration; stewardship, proctorship; agency.
-verbs
tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine., steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course; align one's march; to straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point; shoot for, aim for., ascertain one's direction; s'orienter, see which way the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line., direct, manage, govern, conduct; order, prescribe, cut out work for; bead, lead; lead the way, show the way; take the lead, lead on; regulate, guide, steer, pilot; tackle, take the helm, be at the helm; have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins; drive, tool., superintend, supervise; overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for; administer, ministrate; matronize; have the care of, have the charge of; have charge of, take the direction; pull the strings, pull the wires; rule (command) [more]; have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio; preside, preside at the board; take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair; pull the stroke oar.
-adjectives
directed directed towards; pointing towards; bound for; aligned with; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly, etc., directing; hegemonic.
-adverbs
towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a beeline to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a beeline for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a beeline with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies., before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind; windwards, in the wind's eye., through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways; quaquaversum, from the four winds., at the helm, at the head of.
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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal |
| Synonyms: | ambition, aspiration, course, design, desire, direction, end, intent, intention, mark, object, objective, plan, purpose, scheme, target, wish, desideratum, where one is heading |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, neglect, thoughtlessness, aimlessness, purposelessness |
| Main Entry: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff*, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning, ambitiousness, fire in the belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order; personal decree |
| Synonyms: | bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, request, wish, word, expressed desire, prompting, solicitation |
| Notes: | behest is a stronger term than request |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
| Synonyms: | act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command; rule |
| Synonyms: | behest, bidding, code, decree, dictum, direction, edict, fiat, injunction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, principle, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word |
| Antonyms: | request |
| Main Entry: | economy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving, frugality |
| Synonyms: | abridgement, austerity, care, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, moratorium, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, shrinkage, supervision, thrift, carefulness, miserliness, niggardliness, parcity, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, thriftiness |
| Antonyms: | spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instruction, development of knowledge |
| Synonyms: | background, brainwashing*, breeding, civilization, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, indoctrination, information, learning, literacy, nurture, preparation, reading, refinement, scholarship, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring, apprenticeship, book learning, catechism, coaching, drilling, inculcation, learnedness, pedagogy, propagandism, proselytism, rearing, schooling |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | formula |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set preparation; rule, recipe |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, canon, code, credo, creed, custom, description, direction, equation, form, maxim, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, rite, ritual, rote, theorem, way, formulary, rubric, specifications |
| Main Entry: | government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management, administration |
| Synonyms: | Uncle Sam*, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, politics, power, predominance, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, union, Washington, governance, political practice, polity, powers-that-be, presidency, statecraft, superintendence, the feds |
| Antonyms: | anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guidance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counseling |
| Synonyms: | advice, auspices, conduct, control, conveyance, direction, government, help, instruction, intelligence, leadership, management, navigation, supervision, teaching, conduction |
| Main Entry: | handling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management |
| Synonyms: | administration, approach, care, charge, conduct, direction, manipulation, running, supervision, treatment, styling, superintendence |
| Antonyms: | mismanagement |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leadership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guidance |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, capacity, command, control, conveyance, direction, domination, foresight, hegemony, influence, initiative, management, power, primacy, skill, superiority, supremacy, sway, conduction, directorship, pilotage, preeminence, superintendency |
| Main Entry: | likelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance of something happening |
| Synonyms: | direction, fair shake, fighting chance*, liability, long shot*, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, tendency, toss-up, trend, coin flip, even break, fifty-fifty*, good chance, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, reasonableness, shot at, strong possibility |
| Antonyms: | unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ordinance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule |
| Synonyms: | authorization, canon, code, command, decree, dictum, direction, edict, enactment, fiat, mandate, order, precept, prescript, regulation, ruling, statute, reg, ukase |
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