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GOVERNING

Main Entry:
governing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: commanding
Synonyms: absolute, administrative, ascendant, authoritative, conducting, controlling, determining, directing, dominant, dominating, executive, gubernatorial, guiding, influential, magisterial, mastering, ordering, overseeing, presidential, regulatory, restraining, ruling, superintending, supervisory, supreme
Antonyms: powerless, subordinate, tributary
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: executive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: administrative
Synonyms: controlling, decision-making, directing, governing, managerial, managing, ruling
Main Entry: influential
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: effective, powerful
Synonyms: affecting, authoritative, big-gun, big-wheel, controlling, dominant, efficacious, famous, forcible, governing, guiding, hot-dog, important, impressive, inspiring, instrumental, leading, major-league, meaningful, momentous, moving, name, persuasive, potent, prominent, significant, strong, substantial, telling, touching, weighty
Antonyms: ineffective, ineffectual, unimportant, uninfluential, unmoving, weak
Main Entry: leading
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: chief, superior
Synonyms: arch, best, champion, dominant, dominating, famous, first, foremost, governing, greatest, headmost, highest, inaugural, initial, main, noted, notorious, number one, outstanding, popular, preeminent, premier, primary, principal, prominent, ruling, stellar, top, well-known
Antonyms: inferior, last, subordinate, supplementary, unimportant
Main Entry: predominant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ruling; most important
Synonyms: absolute, all-powerful, almighty, arbitrary, ascendant, authoritative, capital, chief, controlling, directing, dominant, dominating, effective, efficacious, governing, holding the reins, imperious, influential, leading, main, mighty, official, omnipotent, overbearing, overpowering, paramount, potent, predominate, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, reigning, sovereign, superior, superlative, supervisory, supreme, surpassing, transcendent, weighty
Antonyms: inconsequential, minor, trivial, unimportant
Main Entry: controlling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ruling
Synonyms: governing, predominant, regulating, supervising
Main Entry: managing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: directing
Synonyms: administering, admonishing, advising, controlling, executing, governing, guiding, handling, husbanding, inspecting, leading, operating, organizing, overseeing, piloting, regulating, steering, superintending, supervising
Main Entry: presiding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: supervising
Synonyms: controlling, directing, governing, managing
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