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Regulate

🔄 Synonyms of "Regulate"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
influencenoun	The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
shapenoun	A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
determineverb	To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
modulateverb	(transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt
governverb	(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
bafflenoun	(transitive) To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
regularizeverb	To make regular.

↔️ Antonyms of "Regulate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

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

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Regulate"

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

Word	Definition
governverb	(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
regularizeverb	To make regular.
orderverb	(countable) A command.
modulateverb	(transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt
shapeverb	(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
influenceverb	(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
determineverb	To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
baffleverb	(transitive) To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
ruleverb	A regulation, law, guideline.
regulationnoun	(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
regulariseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of regularize. [To make regular.]
standardizeverb	US and Oxford British English standard spelling of standardise.
normalizeverb	(transitive) To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard.
standardized	Designed or constructed in a standard manner or according to an official standard.
formalizeverb	To give something a formal or official standing.
mentorverb	(transitive) To act as someone's mentor.
organizationnoun	(countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
addressverb	(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
legislateverb	To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
supervisionnoun	(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.