| 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: | 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: | 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: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate, arbitrate |
Synonyms: |
chair, judge, make peace, negotiate, preside, referee, take the chair, umpire |
Antonyms: |
turn over |
| 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: | rule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | govern, manage |
Synonyms: |
administer, be in authority, be in driver's seat, be in power, bridle, command, conduct, control, crack the whip, curb, decree, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, guide, hold sway, hold the reins, keep under one's thumb, lay down the law, lead, order, overrule, predominate, preponderate, preside, prevail, regulate, reign, restrain, rule the roost, run, run the show, sit on top of, sway, take over |
Antonyms: |
serve, submit |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | rule |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
abdicant, absolute, accredited to, administrative, arbitrary, aristocratic, at one's command, at the head, aulic, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, basilic, bicameral, bipartisan, classified, clothed with authority, commanding, communistic, compulsory, cruel, cunctipotent, decretal, decretive, decretory, designate, despotic, directing, dirigent, ditionary, domestic, dominant, dynastic, executive, exousiastic, fetial, feudal, gavel, gubernatorial, hegemonic, hegemonical, high, imperatorial, imperial, imperious, in one's grasp, in one's power, in the ascendent, inexpugnable, influential, interaulic, international, irresponsible, kingly, masterful, mediatized, monarchical, most, official, old, overruling, paramount, peremptory, plenary, popular, predominant, preponderant, princely, puissant, regal, reginal, regnant, republican, royal, royalist, ruling, rumbustical, sovereign, stringent, supreme, tricameral, tyrannical, tyrannous, unconstitutional, undemocratic, under control, unicameral, viceregal
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