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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage at end of human arm, |
| Synonyms: | extremity, fin, fist, grasp, grip, ham, hold, hook, including fingers duke, metacarpus, mitt, palm, paw, phalanges, shaker |
| Main Entry: | handbag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's carryall |
| Synonyms: | backpack, bag, clutch, evening bag, grip, hide, knapsack, leather, pocketbook, portmanteau, purse, reticule |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grasp, possession |
| Synonyms: | authority, clasp, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, control, dominance, dominion, grip, influence, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pull, purchase, retention, sway, tenacity, tenure |
| Antonyms: | dispossession, release |
| Main Entry: | interpretation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | analysis, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, clarification, comprehension, discernment, explanation, grasp, grip, insight, judgment, knowing, meaning, perception, reading, slant, translation |
| Main Entry: | lock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that fastens and bars free passage |
| Synonyms: | bar, bolt, bond, catch, clamp, clasp, clinch, connection, fastening, fixture, grapple, grip, hasp, hook, junction, latch, link, padlock |
| Antonyms: | key |
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
| Synonyms: | ability, acquirement, adeptness, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, deftness, dexterity, expertism, expertness, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastership, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, virtuosity, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | amateurishness, failure, inefficiency, lack |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-control |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, abstinence, caution, coercion, command, compulsion, confines, constraint, control, coolness, curtailment, economy, forbearance, grip, hindrance, hold, inhibition, limitation, moderation, prevention, repression, reserve, restriction, secretiveness, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-possession, self-restraint, silence, suppression, unnaturalness, withholding |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, wildness |
| Main Entry: | savvy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrewdness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, awareness, comprehension, discernment, experience, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, judgment, know-how, knowing, knowledge, mastery, perception, perceptiveness, sense, sharpness, smarts, understanding |
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