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governed
| Main Entry: |
governed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruled |
| Synonyms: | administered, commanded, conducted, directed, driven, guided, led, mastered, overseen, piloted, subjugated, superintended, supervised, under authority |
| Antonyms: | autonomous, free |
| Main Entry: | govern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take control; rule |
| Synonyms: | administer, assume command, be in power, be in the driver's seat, call the shots, call the signals, captain*, carry out, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, execute, exercise authority, guide, head, head up, hold dominion, hold office, hold sway, lay down the law, lead, manage, occupy throne, order, overrule, oversee, pilot, pull the strings, regulate, reign, render, run, serve the people, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, tyrannize, wear the crown |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | govern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence; hold in check |
| Synonyms: | boss, bridle, check, contain, control, curb, decide, determine, direct, directionalize, discipline, dispose, dominate, get the better of, guide, handle, incline, inhibit, manage, predispose, regulate, restrain, rule, shepherd, steer, subdue, sway, tame, underlie |
| Antonyms: | acquiesce, allow, consent, give way, permit |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
| Synonyms: | accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | master |
| Main Entry: | under |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | secondary |
| Synonyms: | amenable, belonging, collateral, consequent, corollary, dependent, directed, following, governed, in the power of, included, inferior, junior, lesser, low, lower, obedient, obeying, reporting, sub, subject, subjugated, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, substract, subsumed |
| Antonyms: | major, primary |
| Main Entry: | operated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conducted |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, achieved, administered, contrived, conveyed, determined, directed, driven, enforced, executed, finished, fulfilled, governed, guided, handled, maintained, managed, manipulated, moved, negotiated, ordered, performed, practiced, promoted, regulated, revolved, run, served, superintended, supervised, sustained, transacted, transported, turned, used, wielded, worked |
| Main Entry: | regimented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disciplined |
| Synonyms: | controlled, governed, ordered, rigid, uniform |
| Main Entry: | regulated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | controlled |
| Synonyms: | adapted, adjusted, arranged, coordinated, directed, fixed, governed, managed, monitored, ordered, organized, ruled, set, settled, standardized, supervised, systematized |
| Antonyms: | confused, disarranged, upset |
| Main Entry: | restricted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | barred, blocked, bound, bounded, bridled, chained, checked, clogged, closed, confined, controlled, cramped, curbed, decreased, defined, deprived, deterred, diminished, encircled, encircled, fastened, fettered, foiled, frustrated, governed, hampered, held back, hitched, impeded, inhibited, manacled, moderated, modified, narrowed, obstructed, prescribed, prevented, reduced, reined in, repressed, restrained, secured, shortened, small, stayed, stopped, suppressed, surrounded, tempered, tethered |
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