| Main Entry: | officiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oversee, manage |
Synonyms: |
act, boss, chair, command, conduct, direct, do the honors, emcee, function, govern, handle, preside, run, serve, superintend, umpire |
Antonyms: |
follow |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
Antonyms: |
abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| 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: | fill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | execute, fulfill |
Synonyms: |
answer, assign, carry out, discharge, dispatch, distribute, elect, engage, fix, hold, meet, name, occupy, officiate, perform, satisfy, take up |
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, work |
Synonyms: |
act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business |
Antonyms: |
idle, malfunction |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conduct meeting, function |
Synonyms: |
assemble, call, carry on, celebrate, convene, have, officiate, preside, run, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
cancel |
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in charge, control |
Synonyms: |
administer, advocate, boss, call the shots, call upon, captain, care for, carry on, command, concert, conduct, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, dominate, engage in, engineer, execute, govern, guide, handle, head, hold down, influence, instruct, maintain, manipulate, minister, officiate, operate, oversee, pilot, ply, preside, regulate, request, rule, run, run the show, steer, superintend, supervise, take care of, take over, take the helm, train, use, watch, watch over, wield |
Antonyms: |
bumble, mismanage |
| Main Entry: | preside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in authority |
Synonyms: |
administer, advise, be at the head of, be in driver's seat, call the signals, carry on, chair, conduct, control, direct, do the honors, govern, handle, head, head up, keep, lead, manage, officiate, operate, ordain, oversee, pull the strings, run, run the show, sit on top of, supervise |
Antonyms: |
follow, serve |
| Main Entry: | serve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, do |
Synonyms: |
accept, agree, attend, be employed by, carry on, complete, discharge, follow, fulfill, function, go through, hearken, labor, obey, observe, officiate, pass, perform, subserve, toil, work |
Antonyms: |
refrain, refuse |
| Main Entry: | sit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold a meeting |
Synonyms: |
assemble, be in session, come together, convene, deliberate, hold an assembly, meet, officiate, open, preside |
Antonyms: |
cancel |