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Definitions

in charge

ADJECTIVE

administrative

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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

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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

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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chilled controlled cool moderate plain retiring shrinking steady withdrawn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

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bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory

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Example Sentences

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Higher inflation also poses a challenge for Kevin Warsh, the new governor of the Fed, ahead of his first interest rate decision in charge of the central bank next week.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The bulls are back in charge now, and that’s all that matters.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

How could one captain not be in charge because of a nightclub incident, with the replacement less than a year on from a nightclub incident of his own?

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The World Cup is a logistical highwire act for the man in charge of scheduling flights at American.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Finally they came upon a lower-ranking guy named Peter Schnall, who happened to be the vice-president in charge of the subprime portfolio.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

in charge

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