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Antonyms for command
kəˈmænd, -ˈmɑndcom·mand
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term command.
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command
Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.
Antonyms:
be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yieldSynonyms:
control, curb, direct, govern, influence, manage, mold, reign, reign over, restrain, rule, sway
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command, bid, bidding, dictationnoun
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
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play, bidding, statement, tender, control, program line, dictation, mastery, instruction, summons, bidcommandnoun
a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
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bidding, statement, control, program line, dictation, mastery, instruction, bidcommandnoun
the power or authority to command
"an admiral in command"
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bidding, statement, control, program line, dictation, mastery, instruction, bidcommandnoun
availability for use
"the materials at the command of the potters grew"
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bidding, statement, control, program line, dictation, mastery, instruction, bidcommandnoun
a position of highest authority
"the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
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bidding, statement, control, program line, dictation, mastery, instruction, bidcommand, control, masterynoun
great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
"a good command of French"
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controller, mastery, restraint, dominance, bid, ascendance, ascendancy, control, instruction, dictation, bidding, supremacy, ascendency, subordination, program line, statement, domination, control condition, ascendenceinstruction, command, statement, program lineverb
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
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direction, education, bidding, assertion, bid, control, educational activity, instruction, dictation, teaching, affirmation, argument, financial statement, didactics, program line, statement, mastery, pedagogycommandverb
be in command of
"The general commanded a huge army"
command, requireverb
make someone do something
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require, need, expect, take, involve, ask, overlook, dominate, call for, postulate, overtop, control, necessitate, want, demandcommandverb
demand as one's due
"This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
dominate, command, overlook, overtopverb
look down on
"The villa dominates the town"
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neglect, eclipse, dominate, reign, predominate, leave out, overshadow, overtop, omit, overlook, look out on, overleap, prevail, rule, look out over, miss, require, drop, look across, pretermit, control, mastercontrol, commandverb
exercise authoritative control or power over
"control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
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assure, ensure, ascertain, verify, control, moderate, hold in, hold, overtop, manipulate, overlook, check, dominate, keep in line, require, operate, master, see to it, insure, curb, see, contain
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How to use command in a sentence?
This is a ridiculous attempt to shift the focus away from what is actually happening in eastern Ukraine, russia continues to supply lethal weapons, training and command and control support for armed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in blatant violation of Moscow's Minsk commitments and Ukraine's sovereignty.
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
For any dog, regardless of its size, the most important safety command is coming when called.
This operation, which destablises the chain of command of one of AQIM's katibas (brigades), once again delivers a heavy blow to terrorist armed groups in the Sahel.
He is responsible for the atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against (the) Rohingya population in Rakhine State by the Western Command during that period.
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