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Govern

🔄 Synonyms of "Govern"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
rulenoun	A regulation, law, guideline.
regulateverb	To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
regularizeverb	To make regular.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
deregulateverb	(transitive) To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
regulateverb	To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
ruleverb	A regulation, law, guideline.
regularizeverb	To make regular.
orderverb	(countable) A command.
dictateverb	To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
dominateverb	To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power
addressverb	(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
superviseverb	(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
manageverb	(transitive) To direct or be in charge of.
guidancenoun	Advice or counselling on some topic.
controlverb	(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
operateverb	(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
applyverb	(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
applicable	Suitable for application, relevant.
judgeverb	A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
presideverb	(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
organizeverb	(transitive) To arrange in working order.
governancenoun	The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
standardizeverb	US and Oxford British English standard spelling of standardise.
settleverb	To conclude or resolve (something):