Exact Match:
- behest
- an authoritative command or request
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- bidding
collapse - a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" related words >
- beck,
- beck and call,
- behest,
- bid,
- biddance,
- call,
- calling,
- calling forth,
- charge,
- command,
- commandment,
- convocation,
- demand,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- direct order,
- direction,
- engraved invitation,
- evocation,
- hest,
- imperative,
- indent,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- invitation,
- invite,
- invocation,
- mandate,
- nod,
- order,
- pleasure,
- preconization,
- requisition,
- say-so,
- special order,
- summoning,
- summons,
- will,
- word,
- word of command
- commandment
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- something that is commanded related words >
- behest,
- bidding,
- canon,
- code,
- command,
- convention,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direct order,
- form,
- formula,
- general principle,
- golden rule,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- hest,
- imperative,
- law,
- maxim,
- mitzvah,
- moral,
- norm,
- order,
- ordinance,
- pleasure,
- principium,
- principle,
- regulation,
- rubric,
- rule,
- say-so,
- settled principle,
- special order,
- standard,
- tenet,
- will,
- word,
- word of command,
- working principle,
- working rule
- absolute power,
- absolutism,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- authority,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- behest,
- bidding,
- choice,
- command,
- commandment,
- competence,
- competency,
- conclusion,
- constituted authority,
- creed,
- declaration,
- delegated authority,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direct order,
- discretion,
- divine right,
- enunciation,
- faculty,
- free choice,
- free decision,
- free will,
- full consent,
- hest,
- imperative,
- indirect authority,
- inherent authority,
- ipse dixit,
- jus divinum,
- lawful authority,
- legal authority,
- legitimacy,
- manifesto,
- noncontingent free will,
- option,
- order,
- pleasure,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- power,
- predicate,
- predication,
- prerogative,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- regality,
- right,
- rightful authority,
- royal prerogative,
- say,
- saying,
- special order,
- stance,
- stand,
- statement,
- the say,
- the say-so,
- utterance,
- vested authority,
- vicarious authority,
- vouch,
- will,
- word,
- word of command
- a belief,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apophthegm,
- apothegm,
- article of faith,
- axiom,
- behest,
- bench warrant,
- bidding,
- byword,
- canon,
- capias,
- catchword,
- caveat,
- charge,
- code,
- collected sayings,
- commandment,
- current saying,
- death warrant,
- decree,
- decretum,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- direction,
- directive,
- distich,
- doctrine,
- dogma,
- edict,
- epigram,
- expression,
- fiat,
- fieri facias,
- fundamental,
- general orders,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- guide,
- guideline,
- habere facias possessionem,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- interdict,
- law,
- mandamus,
- mandate,
- mandatory injunction,
- maxim,
- mittimus,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- nisi prius,
- notice,
- notification,
- oracle,
- order,
- ordinance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- principle,
- process,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- regulation,
- rule,
- saw,
- saying,
- search warrant,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- slogan,
- sloka,
- statute,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- tenet,
- text,
- ukase,
- unwritten law,
- verse,
- warrant,
- warrant of arrest,
- warrant of attorney,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom,
- writ
- pleasure
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- sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"
- an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure"
- a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President"
- a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" related words >
- affability,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- alternate choice,
- alternative,
- amenity,
- amiability,
- amicability,
- amusement,
- animus,
- appetence,
- appetency,
- appetite,
- ardor,
- behest,
- bidding,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- choice,
- comfort,
- command,
- commandment,
- compatibility,
- complaisance,
- conation,
- conatus,
- concupiscence,
- congeniality,
- contentment,
- cordiality,
- curiosity,
- decision,
- delectate,
- delectation,
- delight,
- desideration,
- desire,
- determination,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- direct order,
- discretion,
- disposition,
- diversion,
- divertisement,
- divertissement,
- drive,
- eagerness,
- enjoyableness,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- fancy,
- fantasy,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- free choice,
- free will,
- fruition,
- geniality,
- gladden,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- graciousness,
- gratification,
- gratify,
- happify,
- happiness,
- harmoniousness,
- hest,
- hope,
- horme,
- imperative,
- inclination,
- intellectual curiosity,
- intention,
- joy,
- joyance,
- kick,
- libido,
- liking,
- lust,
- lust for learning,
- mellifluousness,
- mellowness,
- mind,
- mirth,
- need,
- niceness,
- objective,
- option,
- optionality,
- order,
- passe-temps,
- passion,
- pastime,
- pleasance,
- pleasingness,
- pleasurability,
- pleasurableness,
- pleasure principle,
- pleasurefulness,
- possible choice,
- preference,
- rapport,
- recreation,
- regalement,
- relaxation,
- relish,
- resolution,
- satisfaction,
- say-so,
- sexual desire,
- solace,
- special order,
- sweetness,
- thirst for knowledge,
- thrill,
- urge,
- velleity,
- volition,
- want,
- wanting,
- welcomeness,
- will,
- will and pleasure,
- will power,
- wish,
- wish fulfillment,
- word,
- word of command
- injunction
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- (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"
- a formal command or admonition related words >
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- Prohibition Party,
- Volstead Act,
- admonition,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- ban,
- bar,
- barring,
- behest,
- bench warrant,
- bidding,
- blockade,
- boycott,
- capias,
- caveat,
- charge,
- check,
- circumscription,
- command,
- commission,
- constraint,
- contraband,
- control,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curb,
- curtailment,
- death warrant,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- deceleration,
- demarcation,
- denial,
- dictate,
- direction,
- directive,
- disallowance,
- embargo,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- exhortation,
- fieri facias,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- habere facias possessionem,
- hindrance,
- inadmissibility,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- inhibition,
- instruction,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- law,
- legal restraint,
- lockout,
- mandamus,
- mandate,
- mandatory injunction,
- mittimus,
- monopoly,
- narrowing,
- nisi prius,
- no-no,
- nonadmission,
- notice,
- notification,
- omission,
- order,
- precept,
- preclusion,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- prevention,
- process,
- prohibition,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscription,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- protective tariff,
- rationing,
- refusal,
- rein,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- repression,
- repudiation,
- restraint,
- restraint of trade,
- restriction,
- restrictive covenants,
- retardation,
- retrenchment,
- ruling,
- ruling out,
- search warrant,
- self-control,
- slowing down,
- statute,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- tariff wall,
- teaching,
- thought control,
- warning,
- warrant,
- warrant of arrest,
- warrant of attorney,
- word,
- writ,
- zoning,
- zoning laws
- dictate
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- a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"
- an authoritative rule
- say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
- rule as a dictator related words >
- a priori truth,
- act,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- appoint,
- authorize,
- axiom,
- behest,
- bestride,
- bid,
- bidding,
- bill,
- brocard,
- brook no denial,
- bylaw,
- byword,
- call for,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- canon,
- catchword,
- caveat,
- charge,
- collected sayings,
- command,
- commandment,
- commission,
- compel,
- constrain,
- control,
- current saying,
- declare,
- decree,
- demand,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direct,
- direct order,
- direction,
- distich,
- dominate,
- edict,
- enactment,
- enjoin,
- epigram,
- exact,
- expression,
- fiat,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- gnome,
- golden rule,
- golden saying,
- govern,
- guide,
- have the ascendancy,
- hest,
- imperative,
- impose,
- injunction,
- insist upon,
- institution,
- instruct,
- instruction,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- jus,
- law,
- lay down,
- lead,
- leave no option,
- legislation,
- lex,
- make obligatory,
- manage,
- mandate,
- master,
- maxim,
- measure,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- necessitate,
- oblige,
- oracle,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play first fiddle,
- pleasure,
- postulate,
- precept,
- predominate,
- preponderate,
- prescribe,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- prevail,
- principium,
- principle,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- regulation,
- require,
- requirement,
- rubric,
- rule,
- rule the roost,
- ruling,
- saw,
- say,
- say the word,
- say-so,
- saying,
- self-evident truth,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- set,
- settled principle,
- sloka,
- special order,
- standing order,
- statute,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- take no denial,
- take the lead,
- teaching,
- tell,
- text,
- theorem,
- truism,
- truth,
- twist,
- ukase,
- universal truth,
- utter,
- verse,
- wear the pants,
- will,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- word of command,
- words of wisdom
- decree
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- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
- issue a decree; "The King only can decree" related words >
- act,
- act on,
- action,
- adjudge,
- announcement,
- appointment,
- authorize,
- award,
- behest,
- bid,
- bidding,
- bill,
- brevet,
- bull,
- bylaw,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- canon,
- charge,
- charging,
- choose,
- choose to,
- command,
- commission,
- compel,
- condemn,
- condemnation,
- consideration,
- constitute,
- constrain,
- decide,
- decision,
- declaration,
- declare,
- declare lawful,
- decree-law,
- decreement,
- decretal,
- decretum,
- deliverance,
- demand,
- desire,
- determination,
- determine,
- diagnosis,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- diktat,
- direct,
- direction,
- directive,
- doom,
- edict,
- edictum,
- enact,
- enact laws,
- enactment,
- enjoin,
- establish,
- fiat,
- filibuster,
- find,
- find against,
- find for,
- finding,
- force,
- foredestiny,
- foregone conclusion,
- foreknowledge,
- foreordination,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- formulate,
- get the floor,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- have the floor,
- impose,
- injunction,
- institution,
- instruct,
- instruction,
- ipse dixit,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- judgement,
- jus,
- kill,
- law,
- lay down,
- legalize,
- legislate,
- legislation,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- lex,
- lobby through,
- logroll,
- make a regulation,
- make legal,
- mandate,
- manifesto,
- measure,
- necessity,
- oblige,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- pass,
- pass judgment,
- pass sentence,
- pigeonhole,
- pocket,
- precedent,
- precept,
- predestination,
- predetermination,
- preordination,
- prescience,
- prescribe,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- proclaim,
- proclamation,
- prognosis,
- promulgate,
- promulgation,
- pronounce,
- pronounce judgment,
- pronounce on,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- put in force,
- put through,
- railroad through,
- regulate,
- regulation,
- report,
- require,
- rescript,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- return a verdict,
- roll logs,
- rubric,
- rule,
- ruling,
- sanction,
- say the word,
- see fit,
- senatus consult,
- senatus consultum,
- sentence,
- set,
- standing order,
- statute,
- table,
- take the floor,
- think fit,
- think good,
- think proper,
- ukase,
- utter a judgment,
- validate,
- verdict,
- veto,
- will,
- wish,
- yield the floor
- will
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- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way"
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"
- have in mind; "I will take the exam tomorrow"
- decree or ordain; "God wills our existence" related words >
- add a codicil,
- aim,
- alternativity,
- ambition,
- animus,
- aplomb,
- appetite,
- ardor,
- aspiration,
- assurance,
- attested copy,
- behest,
- bequeath,
- bequeathal,
- bequest,
- bidding,
- character,
- choice,
- choose,
- choose to,
- choosing,
- co-optation,
- co-option,
- codicil,
- command,
- commandment,
- commitment,
- conclude,
- concupiscence,
- confidence,
- control,
- counsel,
- crave,
- curiosity,
- decide,
- decidedness,
- decision,
- decisiveness,
- decree,
- dedication,
- definiteness,
- desideration,
- desideratum,
- design,
- desire,
- determinateness,
- determination,
- determine,
- determinedness,
- devise,
- devotion,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- direct order,
- discipline,
- discretion,
- disposition,
- drive,
- eagerness,
- earnestness,
- effect,
- election,
- entail,
- execute a will,
- fancy,
- fantasy,
- first choice,
- fix,
- fixed purpose,
- fixity of purpose,
- fortitude,
- free choice,
- free will,
- function,
- hand down,
- hand on,
- hankering,
- hest,
- hope,
- horme,
- idea,
- imperative,
- inclination,
- inheritance,
- intellectual curiosity,
- intendment,
- intent,
- intention,
- iron will,
- leave,
- legacy,
- legate,
- libido,
- like,
- liking,
- longing,
- lust for learning,
- make a bequest,
- make a will,
- meaning,
- mind,
- moral courage,
- moral fiber,
- motive,
- need,
- nisus,
- obstinacy,
- order,
- pass on,
- passion,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- pick,
- pining,
- plan,
- please,
- pleasure,
- pleasure principle,
- point,
- poise,
- power,
- preference,
- preoption,
- probate,
- project,
- proposal,
- prospectus,
- purpose,
- purposefulness,
- relentlessness,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- resolvedness,
- restraint,
- sake,
- say-so,
- seal,
- see fit,
- selection,
- self-command,
- self-control,
- self-discipline,
- self-government,
- self-mastery,
- self-possession,
- self-restraint,
- self-will,
- seriousness,
- settle,
- sexual desire,
- sincerity,
- single-mindedness,
- special order,
- strength,
- strength of mind,
- strength of purpose,
- striving,
- study,
- take a resolution,
- temper,
- tenacity,
- testament,
- the pick,
- think fit,
- think good,
- think proper,
- thirst for knowledge,
- total commitment,
- transmit,
- urge,
- velleity,
- view,
- volition,
- want,
- wanting,
- will and bequeath,
- will and pleasure,
- will of iron,
- will power,
- will to,
- willpower,
- wish,
- wish fulfillment,
- wishes,
- word,
- word of command,
- yearning
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