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Definitions

in charge

ADJECTIVE

administrative

Synonyms

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bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory

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authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directing directive directorial executive governing in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising

ADJECTIVE

commanding

Synonyms

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assertive compelling decisive dominant dominating forceful imposing impressive lofty

STRONG

arresting controlling striking

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advantageous autocratic bossy dictatorial imperious peremptory

Antonyms

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humble ineffective modest secondary subordinate unimportant unimpressive weak

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indecisive inferior unassertive uncontrolling

ADJECTIVE

managerial

Synonyms

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bureaucratic commanding directorial governmental legislative ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory

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authoritative central controlling deciding decisive departmental directing directive executive governing in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising

ADJECTIVE

restrained

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discreet laid-back mild muted reasonable reticent subdued tasteful unobtrusive

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chilled controlled cool moderate plain retiring shrinking steady withdrawn

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bottled-up calm and collected conservative corked up in check inobtrusive on a leash self-controlled soft temperate unaffable undemonstrative under control under wraps unexcessive unexpansive unextreme uptight

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communicative

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extroverted friendly outgoing

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assured bold confident

ADJECTIVE

supervisory

Synonyms

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bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory

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Example Sentences

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Stokes turned 35 on the first day of the Lord's Test, his 43rd in charge of England.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"So, he's flooding the information environment with positive images of himself, particularly images that make him look large and in charge."

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The U.S. fine-arts commissioner, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., in charge of Trump’s White House ballroom redevelopment, attended the conference in a personal capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

He said he was put in charge of taking care of the Arvizo family during their stay at the property following media backlash from Gavin Arvizo’s appearance in “Living With Michael Jackson.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Which I thought was good, because I was worried that a teacher who was in charge of math club might only like math and nothing else, and that would be terrible.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

in charge

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