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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management, administration |
| Synonyms: | Uncle Sam, Washington, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, governance, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be, predominance, presidency, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, statecraft, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, the feds, union |
| Antonyms: | anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, control |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, beef, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up, license, mastery, might, might and main, permission, permit, pizzazz*, pow, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, ropes, rule, say, say-so, steam, strength, strong arm, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand, warrant, weight, what it takes, whip hand, word, zap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bureaucracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system which controls organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, authority, beadledom, city hall, civil service, directorate, government, management, ministry, officialdom, officials, powers that be, red tape, regulatory commission, the Establishment, the system |
| Main Entry: | cabinet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | executives serving a leader |
| Synonyms: | administration, administrators, advisers, assembly, assistants, authority, brain trust, bureau, bureaucracy, committee, council, counselors, department heads, governing body, government, kitchen cabinet, ministry, official family |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, power |
| Synonyms: | ability, absolutism, aplomb, authority, authorization, charge, coercion, compulsion, constraint, control, despotism, domination, dominion, expertise, expertism, expertness, government, grasp, grip, hold, jurisdiction, know-how, leadership, management, might, prerogative, primacy, restraint, right, royalty, skill, sovereignty, strings, supervision, supremacy, sway, tyranny, upper hand |
| 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: | subordination |
| Main Entry: | confederacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coalition |
| Synonyms: | alliance, anschluss, bond, compact, confederation, conspiracy, covenant, federation, government, league, organization, union |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, mastery |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authority, bridle, charge, check, clout, containment, curb, determination, direction, discipline, domination, dominion, driver's seat, force, government, guidance, inside track, juice, jurisdiction, limitation, management, manipulation, might, oversight, predomination, qualification, regimentation, regulation, restraint, restriction, ropes, rule, strings, subjection, subordination, superintendence, supervision, supremacy, sway, upper hand, weight, wire pulling |
| Antonyms: | helplessness, powerlessness, relinquishment, renouncement, weakness |
| Main Entry: | direction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management |
| Synonyms: | administration, charge, command, control, government, guidance, leadership, order, oversight, superintendence, supervision |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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