COMMANDING Synonyms

• able to control or determine policy

• exercising influence or control

• (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

• (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale

• an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

• most frequent or common

• having or exercising influence or power

• going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way

• the activity of leading

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• indicating the most important performer or role

• greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

• having the leading position or higher score in a contest

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• having great power or force or potency or effect

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

• having great influence

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• displaying superhuman strength or power

• most frequent or common

• the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

• exercising power or authority

• of high or superior quality or performance

• of or characteristic of high rank or importance

• written or printed above and to one side of another character

• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

• one of greater rank or station or quality

• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

• the head of a religious community

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

• having a higher rank

• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• an attempt to get something

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

• propose a payment

• invoke upon

• ask for or request earnestly

• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

• make a serious effort to attain something

• ask someone in a friendly way to do something

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• a request to be present

• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• issue a decree

• decide with authority

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• speech intended for reproduction in writing

• matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be in control

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• be greater in significance than

• look down on

• impressive in size, manner, or appearance

• used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

• a message describing how something is to be done

• the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

• the profession of a teacher

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• power to dominate or defeat

• the act of mastering or subordinating someone