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| Main Entry: |
head
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, oversee |
| Synonyms: | address, be first, be in charge, command, control, direct, dominate, go first, govern, guide, hold sway over, lead, lead the way, pioneer, precede, rule, run, supervise |
| Antonyms: | follow, obey |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage an organization or effort |
| Synonyms: | administrate, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, boss*, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee, pull the strings, pull the wires, render, ride herd on, run, run the show, sit on top of, superintend, supervise |
| Antonyms: | forego, mismanage, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem |
| Main Entry: | behead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decapitate |
| Synonyms: | bring to the block, decollate, execute, guillotine, head, kill, neck |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rule, have power |
| Synonyms: | administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, exercise power, force, govern, guide, have authority, head, hinder, hold office, influence, lead, manage, officiate, oppress, overbear, override, predominate, prescribe, preside over, prevail, push, regulate, reign, reign over, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, take over, tyrannize, wield |
| 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: | follow |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have charge of |
| Synonyms: | administer, administrate, advise, be in saddle, boss, bully, call, call the signals, command, conduct, deal with, direct, discipline, dominate, domineer, govern, guide, handle, head, head up, hold purse strings, hold sway over, hold the reins, instruct, lead, manage, manipulate, overlook, oversee, pilot, predominate, push buttons, quarterback, regiment, regulate, reign over, rule, run the show, run things, run*, steer, subject, subjugate, superintend, supervise |
| Antonyms: | abandon, forsake, give up, let go, relinquish, renounce, resign |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derive from |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from; arise |
| Synonyms: | descend, emanate, flow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring from, stem from |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point in a direction; guide |
| Synonyms: | address, aim, beam, cast, conduct, escort, fix, focus, head, incline, indicate, intend, lay, lead, level, mean, move in, pilot, point, point the way, present, route, see, set, shepherd, show, sight, sight on, slant, steer, target, train, turn, zero in |
| Antonyms: | diverge, misdirect |
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