| Main Entry: | predominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be the most important, noticeable |
Synonyms: |
carry weight, command, dominate, domineer, get the upper hand, govern, hold sway, manage, outweigh, overrule, overshadow, preponderate, prevail, reign, rule, tell |
| 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 |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
follow |
| 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: | dominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior, controlling |
Synonyms: |
ascendant, assertive, authoritative, bossy, chief, commanding, demonstrative, despotic, domineering, effective, first, foremost, governing, imperative, imperious, leading, main, obtaining, outweighing, overbalancing, overbearing, overweighing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, preponderant, presiding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, reigning, ruling, sovereign, supreme, surpassing, transcendent |
Antonyms: |
humble, inferior, modest, reserved, retiring, unaggressive, unassuming, uncontrolling |
| Main Entry: | dominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | govern, rule |
Synonyms: |
boss, call the shots, command, control, detract from, dictate, direct, domineer, eclipse, handle, have one's way, have upper hand, head, hold sway over, influence, keep under thumb, lay down the law, lead, lead by the nose, manage, monopolize, outshine, overbear, overrule, overshadow, play first fiddle, predominate, preponderate, prevail, prevail over, reign, rule the roost, run, run the show, sit on top of, subject, subjugate, superabound, sway, tyrannize |
Antonyms: |
follow, go along, submit, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | domineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppress; assume authority |
Synonyms: |
be in the saddle, bend, bluster, boss around, browbeat, bulldoze, bully*, call the shots, dominate, hector, henpeck, in the driver's seat, intimidate, keep under thumb, kick around, lead by the nose, menace, overbear, predominate, preponderate, prevail, push the buttons, reign, rule, rule the roost, run the show, run things, swagger, threaten, throw weight around, tyrannize |
Antonyms: |
follow, submit, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | minimize |
Synonyms: |
belittle, check, detract from, dim, diminish, dominate, hinder, look down upon, lower, make small, micrify, minify, overshadow, predominate, retard, rise above, stunt, suppress, tower above, tower over |
Antonyms: |
maximize, oversize |
| Main Entry: | excel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior; surpass |
Synonyms: |
be good, be master of, be proficient, be skillful, be talented, beat, best, better, cap, come through, eclipse, exceed, go beyond, go to town, improve upon, make it, outdo, outrival, outshine, outstrip, pass, predominate, shine, show talent, surmount, take precedence, top, transcend, wax |
Antonyms: |
be inferior, fail |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main |
Synonyms: |
ascendant, chief, controlling, foremost, grand, great, leading, major, original, overbearing, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevalent, prime, principal, regnant, sovereign, supreme |
Antonyms: |
auxiliary, copy, duplicate, minor, subordinate |
| Main Entry: | outweigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | override, dominate |
Synonyms: |
atone for, balance, cancel out, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, eclipse, exceed, excel, make up for, offset, outbalance, outrival, outrun, overcome, overshadow, predominate, preponderate, prevail, set off, surpass, take precedence, tip the scales |