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- prescriptive
collapse - pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage" related words >
- absolute,
- accepted,
- accustomed,
- acknowledged,
- admitted,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- average,
- binding,
- canonical,
- commanding,
- common,
- commonplace,
- compelling,
- compulsory,
- conclusive,
- conformable,
- constrictive,
- consuetudinary,
- conventional,
- current,
- customary,
- decisive,
- decretal,
- decretive,
- decretory,
- dictated,
- dictating,
- dictatorial,
- didactic,
- directive,
- dogmatic,
- entailed,
- established,
- ethnocentric,
- everyday,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- familiar,
- final,
- fixed,
- folk,
- formulary,
- generally accepted,
- habitual,
- hallowed,
- handed down,
- hard and fast,
- hard-and-fast,
- heroic,
- hoary,
- household,
- immemorial,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- imposed,
- inadmissible,
- instructive,
- insular,
- inveterate,
- irrevocable,
- jussive,
- legendary,
- long-established,
- long-standing,
- mandated,
- mandating,
- mandatory,
- must,
- mythological,
- narrow,
- normal,
- normative,
- obligating,
- obligatory,
- obtaining,
- of long standing,
- of the folk,
- official,
- oral,
- ordinary,
- overbearing,
- parochial,
- peremptory,
- popular,
- preceptive,
- preclusive,
- predominating,
- prescribed,
- prescript,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- received,
- recognized,
- regular,
- regulation,
- required,
- restrictive,
- rooted,
- rubric,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- set,
- snobbish,
- standard,
- statutory,
- stock,
- time-honored,
- traditional,
- tried and true,
- true-blue,
- ultimate,
- understood,
- universal,
- unwritten,
- usual,
- venerable,
- vernacular,
- widespread,
- without appeal,
- wonted,
- worshipful,
- xenophobic
- publisher
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- a firm in the publishing business
- a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music
- the proprietor of a newspaper related words >
- adviser,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- authority,
- bibliognost,
- bibliographer,
- biblioklept,
- bibliolater,
- bibliomane,
- bibliomaniac,
- bibliopegist,
- bibliophage,
- bibliophile,
- bibliopole,
- bibliopolist,
- bibliotaph,
- bibliothec,
- bibliothecaire,
- bibliothecary,
- book agent,
- book collector,
- book printer,
- book publisher,
- book salesman,
- book-stealer,
- bookbinder,
- bookdealer,
- booklover,
- bookmaker,
- bookman,
- bookseller,
- bookworm,
- cataloger,
- channel,
- chief librarian,
- college editor,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- copy editor,
- curator,
- dictionary editor,
- editor,
- editor-in-chief,
- enlightener,
- executive editor,
- expert witness,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- informant,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- interviewee,
- juvenile editor,
- librarian,
- library director,
- managing editor,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- newsmonger,
- notifier,
- permissions editor,
- philobiblist,
- press,
- printer,
- production editor,
- public relations officer,
- radio,
- reference editor,
- reference librarian,
- reporter,
- source,
- spokesman,
- television,
- teller,
- textbook editor,
- tipster,
- tout,
- trade editor,
- witness
- diplomat
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- an official engaged in international negotiations
- a person who deals tactfully with others related words >
- Admirable Crichton,
- Machiavel,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellianist,
- adept,
- ambassador,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- artisan,
- artist,
- attache,
- authority,
- career diplomat,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- commercial attache,
- connaisseur,
- connoisseur,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- consultant,
- cordon bleu,
- crack shot,
- craftsman,
- dead shot,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatist,
- elder statesman,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- experienced hand,
- expert,
- expert consultant,
- foreign service officer,
- graduate,
- handy man,
- influence peddler,
- internuncio,
- journeyman,
- legate,
- marksman,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- no slouch,
- nuncio,
- plenipotentiary,
- political realist,
- politician,
- power broker,
- pro,
- professional,
- professor,
- proficient,
- resident,
- savant,
- secretary of legation,
- shark,
- sharp,
- statesman,
- technical adviser,
- technician,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate
- spokesman
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- a male spokesperson related words >
- adviser,
- agent,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- authority,
- champion,
- channel,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- connection,
- debater,
- declaimer,
- delegate,
- demagogue,
- deputy,
- enlightener,
- expert witness,
- front,
- front man,
- go-between,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- haranguer,
- herald,
- informant,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- interviewee,
- jawsmith,
- mediator,
- medium,
- middleman,
- monitor,
- mouth,
- mouthpiece,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- newsmonger,
- notifier,
- official spokesman,
- ombudsman,
- panelist,
- press,
- prolocutor,
- prolocutress,
- prolocutrix,
- prophet,
- protagonist,
- public relations officer,
- public speaker,
- publisher,
- rabble-rouser,
- radio,
- ranter,
- rapporteur,
- reporter,
- representative,
- source,
- speaker,
- speecher,
- speechifier,
- speechmaker,
- spieler,
- spokesperson,
- spokeswoman,
- spouter,
- talker,
- television,
- teller,
- tipster,
- tout,
- tub-thumper,
- voice,
- witness
- television
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- a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs related words >
- TV,
- advice,
- adviser,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- authority,
- automation,
- avionics,
- box,
- broadcast journalism,
- channel,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- electron microscopy,
- electron optics,
- electron physics,
- electronic engineering,
- electronics,
- electrophysics,
- enlightener,
- expert witness,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- informant,
- information,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- intelligence,
- interviewee,
- journalism,
- line radio,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- news,
- news agency,
- news medium,
- news service,
- newsiness,
- newsletter,
- newsmagazine,
- newsmonger,
- newspaper,
- newsworthiness,
- notifier,
- photoelectricity,
- press,
- press association,
- public relations officer,
- publisher,
- radar,
- radio,
- radionics,
- radiophotography,
- radiotelegraphy,
- radiotelephony,
- reportage,
- reporter,
- source,
- spokesman,
- telegraph agency,
- teller,
- telly,
- the fourth estate,
- the press,
- tidings,
- tipster,
- tout,
- transistor physics,
- tube,
- wire service,
- wire wave communication,
- wired radio,
- wired wireless,
- wireless,
- wireless telegraphy,
- wireless telephony,
- witness,
- word
- amicus curiae
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- an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest related words >
- JA,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- assessor,
- attorney,
- attorney-at-law,
- backup,
- backup man,
- barmaster,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- champion,
- chancellor,
- circuit judge,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- deputy,
- dummy,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- figurehead,
- friend at court,
- intercessor,
- judge advocate,
- judge ordinary,
- jurat,
- justice in eyre,
- justice of assize,
- lawyer,
- lay judge,
- legal adviser,
- legal assessor,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- master,
- military judge,
- mouthpiece,
- ombudsman,
- ordinary,
- paranymph,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- police judge,
- presiding judge,
- probate judge,
- proctor,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- puisne judge,
- recorder,
- representative,
- sea lawyer,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- self-styled lawyer,
- solicitor,
- stand-in,
- substitute,
- surrogate,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-chancellor,
- vicegerent
- proctor
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- someone who supervises (an examination) related words >
- Big Brother,
- MC,
- advocate,
- agent,
- amicus curiae,
- apprentice teacher,
- attorney,
- attorney-at-law,
- auditor,
- bailiff,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- butler,
- chief,
- comptroller,
- controller,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- croupier,
- curator,
- custodian,
- deputy,
- emcee,
- factor,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- friend at court,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- graduate assistant,
- guardian,
- head,
- headman,
- housekeeper,
- inspector,
- intercessor,
- intern,
- landreeve,
- lawyer,
- legal adviser,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- librarian,
- majordomo,
- master of ceremonies,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- noncommissioned officer,
- overman,
- overseer,
- paraprofessional,
- pleader,
- practice teacher,
- praepostor,
- prefect,
- procurator,
- pupil teacher,
- sea lawyer,
- self-styled lawyer,
- seneschal,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- solicitor,
- steward,
- straw boss,
- student assistant,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- taskmaster,
- teaching assistant,
- teaching fellow,
- teaching intern,
- visitor
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- assistant,
- attorney,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bit player,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- extra,
- fake,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mute,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- second,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spares,
- spear-carrier,
- standby,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- supe,
- super,
- supernumerary,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting cast,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- walk-on,
- walking gentleman
- ascendant
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- position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
- most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
- tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin related words >
- a cut above,
- above,
- absolute,
- ahead,
- anabatic,
- antecedent,
- ascendancy,
- ascending,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- at the head,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- better,
- boss,
- capping,
- chief,
- chosen,
- climbing,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- conquering,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- defeating,
- distinguished,
- dominance,
- dominant,
- domination,
- dominion,
- duly constituted,
- eclipsing,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- finer,
- flushed with success,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- forerunner,
- general,
- governing,
- great,
- greater,
- head,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- higher,
- imperative,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- leading,
- leaping,
- major,
- marked,
- master,
- masterdom,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- mounting,
- of choice,
- official,
- on the throne,
- one up on,
- outstanding,
- over,
- overbearing,
- overcoming,
- paramount,
- potent,
- powerful,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- preeminence,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderance,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotence,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- primogenitor,
- progenitor,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- rampant,
- ranking,
- rare,
- rearing,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- rising,
- rivaling,
- ruling,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- senior,
- skyrocketing,
- sovereign,
- sovereignty,
- spiraling,
- springing,
- substantial,
- successful,
- super,
- superior,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- swaying,
- topping,
- totalitarian,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- triumphal,
- triumphant,
- uparching,
- upcoming,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- upper,
- uprising,
- upsloping,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vanquishing,
- victorious,
- weighty,
- winning
- boss
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- a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job"
- a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is his own boss now"
- exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" related words >
- A per se,
- Big Brother,
- OK,
- ace,
- ace-high,
- administrator,
- anaglyph,
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- auditor,
- bad,
- bang-up,
- bas-relief,
- big cheese,
- bilge,
- blain,
- bleb,
- blister,
- blob,
- boatswain,
- bonzer,
- bow,
- bubble,
- bulb,
- bulge,
- bulla,
- bully,
- bump,
- bunch,
- burl,
- but good,
- button,
- bwana,
- cacique,
- cahot,
- cameo,
- cameo glass,
- capital,
- cavo-rilievo,
- champion,
- chaperon,
- chase,
- chef,
- chief,
- chieftain,
- chine,
- church dignitary,
- clump,
- coarsen,
- cock,
- colophon,
- command,
- commander,
- commanding,
- comptroller,
- concavity,
- condyle,
- control,
- controller,
- controlling,
- convex,
- convexity,
- cool,
- corking,
- crackerjack,
- cut glass,
- dactylogram,
- dactylograph,
- dandy,
- dean,
- delicious,
- dent,
- dint,
- direct,
- director,
- dominant,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- dowel,
- ducky,
- ear,
- ecclesiarch,
- elder,
- emboss,
- embossment,
- employer,
- excrescence,
- fab,
- famous,
- fine,
- fine and dandy,
- fingerprint,
- first-rate,
- flange,
- flap,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- footmark,
- footprint,
- footstep,
- foreman,
- fossil footprint,
- fugleman,
- gaffer,
- gall,
- ganger,
- gear,
- general,
- genius,
- glyph,
- glyptograph,
- gnarl,
- goodman,
- governing,
- governor,
- granulate,
- great,
- groovy,
- guru,
- handle,
- head,
- headman,
- heavy,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- hierarch,
- high relief,
- higher-up,
- hill,
- himself,
- honcho,
- horripilate,
- hot,
- hump,
- hunch,
- hunky-dory,
- husband,
- ichnite,
- ichnolite,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- indent,
- indentation,
- indention,
- inspector,
- intaglio,
- intaglio rilevato,
- intaglio rilievo,
- jam-up,
- jog,
- joggle,
- just dandy,
- keen,
- keep in order,
- keynoter,
- kingpin,
- knob,
- knot,
- knur,
- knurl,
- laureate,
- leader,
- leading,
- liege,
- liege lord,
- lip,
- loop,
- lord,
- lord it over,
- lord paramount,
- low relief,
- lump,
- man higher up,
- manage,
- manager,
- managing director,
- marvy,
- mask,
- master,
- mean,
- medal,
- medallion,
- mole,
- monitor,
- mountain,
- neat,
- nevus,
- nifty,
- nobby,
- noncommissioned officer,
- nonpareil,
- nub,
- nubbin,
- nubble,
- okay,
- order about,
- out of sight,
- overlook,
- overlord,
- overman,
- oversee,
- overseeing,
- overseer,
- owner,
- pad,
- padrone,
- papilloma,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- paterfamilias,
- patriarch,
- patron,
- paw print,
- pawmark,
- peachy,
- peachy-keen,
- peg,
- pimple,
- plaquette,
- policy maker,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- president,
- prevalent,
- prexy,
- principal,
- print,
- proctor,
- prodigy,
- proprietor,
- pug,
- pugmark,
- quarterback,
- rabbi,
- raise,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- relief,
- relievo,
- rib,
- ride herd on,
- ridge,
- ring,
- ringleader,
- ripping,
- rough,
- rough up,
- roughen,
- ruler,
- ruling,
- rum,
- run,
- sachem,
- sahib,
- scrumptious,
- sculptured glass,
- seal,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- senior,
- shoulder,
- sigil,
- signet,
- sirdar,
- slap-up,
- slave driver,
- smashing,
- solid,
- something else,
- sovereign,
- spiffing,
- spiffy,
- spine,
- stamp,
- stand over,
- standard-bearer,
- star,
- starets,
- step,
- straw boss,
- stud,
- stunning,
- style,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintend,
- superintendent,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- supervise,
- supervising,
- supervisor,
- supervisory,
- supreme,
- survey,
- surveyor,
- swell,
- tab,
- take care of,
- take charge,
- taskmaster,
- teacher,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- thumbmark,
- thumbprint,
- top,
- top dog,
- tough,
- tubercle,
- tubercule,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- vestige,
- virtuoso,
- visitor,
- wale,
- wart,
- welt,
- wizard
- administer,
- advise,
- advocate,
- apply,
- appoint,
- assign,
- authorize,
- be responsible for,
- bestow,
- brief,
- call the signals,
- captain,
- carry on,
- choose,
- coach,
- command,
- conduct,
- confer,
- constitute,
- constrain,
- consult with,
- control,
- counsel,
- cure,
- decide,
- declare lawful,
- decree,
- define,
- demand,
- determine,
- dictate,
- direct,
- dose,
- dose with,
- enact,
- enforce upon,
- engineer,
- enjoin,
- establish,
- exact,
- fix,
- force,
- force upon,
- formulate,
- give,
- govern,
- guide,
- handle,
- head,
- head up,
- impose,
- instruct,
- kibitz,
- lay down,
- lay on,
- lead,
- lead on,
- legalize,
- legislate,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- make a regulation,
- make legal,
- make obligatory,
- make the rules,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- mastermind,
- meddle,
- mete out to,
- officer,
- ordain,
- order,
- pick out,
- prescribe for,
- propose,
- pull the strings,
- put in force,
- put on,
- put upon,
- quarterback,
- recommend,
- regulate,
- remedy,
- require,
- rule,
- run,
- sanction,
- select,
- set,
- set down,
- settle,
- skipper,
- specify,
- stipulate,
- submit,
- suggest,
- take command,
- take the lead,
- treat,
- validate
- abettor,
- actuator,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- amicus curiae,
- animator,
- apologete,
- apologist,
- apologizer,
- attorney,
- attorney-at-law,
- backup,
- backup man,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- cajoler,
- champion,
- coax,
- coaxer,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- defender,
- deputy,
- dummy,
- encourager,
- energizer,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- figurehead,
- firer,
- friend at court,
- gadfly,
- galvanizer,
- impeller,
- inducer,
- inspirer,
- intercessor,
- justifier,
- lawyer,
- legal adviser,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- mouthpiece,
- mover,
- moving spirit,
- paranymph,
- persuader,
- pinch hitter,
- prime mover,
- proctor,
- procurator,
- prompter,
- proponent,
- proxy,
- representative,
- sea lawyer,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- self-styled lawyer,
- solicitor,
- spark,
- spark plug,
- sparker,
- stand-in,
- stimulator,
- substitute,
- successful advocate,
- surrogate,
- tempter,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vicegerent,
- vindicator,
- wheedler,
- whitewasher
- powerful
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- having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" related words >
- absolute,
- acid,
- armipotent,
- ascendant,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- beefy,
- biting,
- bouncing,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- clothed with authority,
- cogent,
- commanding,
- compelling,
- competent,
- comprehensive,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- corrosive,
- cutting,
- deep,
- dominant,
- doughty,
- driving,
- duly constituted,
- dynamic,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- enchanting,
- energetic,
- estimable,
- ex officio,
- exhaustive,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forcy,
- formidable,
- full,
- full-blooded,
- full-strength,
- governing,
- grand,
- grave,
- great,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hale,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hardy,
- hearty,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- high,
- high-potency,
- high-powered,
- high-pressure,
- high-tension,
- husky,
- imperative,
- important,
- impressive,
- in force,
- in power,
- incisive,
- influential,
- intense,
- iron-hard,
- irresistible,
- leading,
- lusty,
- magnetic,
- main,
- maximum,
- mighty,
- mighty in battle,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- mordant,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- obstinate,
- official,
- operative,
- penetrating,
- personable,
- persuasive,
- piercing,
- plenary,
- poignant,
- potent,
- preeminent,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- punchy,
- ranking,
- red-blooded,
- reputable,
- resilient,
- robust,
- robustious,
- rugged,
- ruling,
- senior,
- sensational,
- serious,
- sinewed,
- sinewy,
- slashing,
- stalwart,
- steely,
- stout,
- strapping,
- striking,
- strong,
- strong as brandy,
- strong as strong,
- strong-willed,
- sturdy,
- suasive,
- substantial,
- superior,
- supreme,
- telling,
- total,
- totalitarian,
- tough,
- trenchant,
- valid,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- weighty,
- winning
- announcer
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- reads news, commercials on radio or television
- someone who proclaims a message publicly related words >
- AFTRA,
- DJ,
- MC,
- adviser,
- ancestor,
- anchor,
- anchor man,
- anchorman,
- annunciator,
- antecedent,
- authority,
- avant-garde,
- bellman,
- bellwether,
- broadcaster,
- buccinator,
- buccinator novi temporis,
- bushwhacker,
- channel,
- commentator,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- crier,
- disk jockey,
- emcee,
- enlightener,
- enunciator,
- expert witness,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- foreshadower,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- informant,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- innovator,
- interviewee,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- master of ceremonies,
- messenger,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- news commentator,
- newscaster,
- newsmonger,
- notifier,
- nunciate,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- premonitor,
- presager,
- presenter,
- press,
- proclaimer,
- program director,
- programmer,
- public relations officer,
- publisher,
- radio,
- radiobroadcaster,
- reporter,
- scout,
- sound-effects man,
- source,
- spokesman,
- sportscaster,
- stormy petrel,
- television,
- teller,
- tipster,
- tout,
- town crier,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- weatherman,
- witness
- Maecenas,
- abettor,
- acolyte,
- adjutant,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- amicus curiae,
- angel,
- apologist,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- attorney,
- auxiliary,
- backer,
- backup,
- backup man,
- best man,
- bridemaiden,
- bridesmaid,
- bridesman,
- buff,
- champion,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- defender,
- dependence,
- deputy,
- dummy,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fan,
- favorer,
- figurehead,
- friend at court,
- groomsman,
- help,
- helper,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- lover,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- matron of honor,
- paraprofessional,
- partisan,
- patron,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- promoter,
- protagonist,
- proxy,
- reliance,
- representative,
- second,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- servant,
- sideman,
- sider,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- substitute,
- support,
- supporter,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- surrogate,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- understudy,
- upholder,
- usher,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vicegerent,
- votary,
- wedding attendant,
- wedding party,
- well-wisher
- potent
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- having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
- (of a male) capable of copulation
- having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
- having great influence related words >
- absolute,
- amorous,
- armipotent,
- ascendant,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- beefy,
- bouncing,
- broad-shouldered,
- carnal,
- charismatic,
- charming,
- clothed with authority,
- cogent,
- commanding,
- compelling,
- competent,
- concentrated,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- convincing,
- dominant,
- doughty,
- duly constituted,
- dynamic,
- effective,
- effectual,
- efficacious,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- enchanting,
- energetic,
- erogenic,
- erogenous,
- erotic,
- erotogenic,
- estimable,
- ex officio,
- fleshly,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forcy,
- formidable,
- full-blooded,
- full-bodied,
- full-strength,
- gamic,
- governing,
- great,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hairychested,
- hale,
- hard,
- hard as nails,
- hardy,
- he-mannish,
- hearty,
- hefty,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heterosexual,
- high-potency,
- high-powered,
- high-pressure,
- high-tension,
- husky,
- imperative,
- important,
- impressive,
- in force,
- in power,
- influential,
- iron-hard,
- irresistible,
- leading,
- libidinal,
- lusty,
- macho,
- magnetic,
- mighty,
- mighty in battle,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- nervy,
- nuptial,
- obstinate,
- official,
- operative,
- oversexed,
- personable,
- persuasive,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- procreative,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- red-blooded,
- reputable,
- robust,
- robustious,
- rugged,
- ruling,
- senior,
- sensual,
- sex,
- sexed,
- sexlike,
- sexual,
- sexy,
- sound,
- stalwart,
- steely,
- stout,
- straight,
- strapping,
- striking,
- strong,
- strong as brandy,
- strong as strong,
- strong-willed,
- sturdy,
- suasive,
- substantial,
- superior,
- supreme,
- telling,
- totalitarian,
- ultramasculine,
- undersexed,
- valid,
- venereal,
- vigorous,
- virile,
- viripotent,
- vital,
- voluptuous,
- weighty,
- winning
- backup
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- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet" related words >
- about-face,
- about-turn,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- attorney,
- back track,
- back trail,
- backing,
- backing off,
- backing out,
- backing up,
- backup man,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fake,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mock,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversing,
- reversion,
- right-about,
- right-about-face,
- ringer,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spare,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- stopgap,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- swingaround,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- token,
- turnabout,
- turnaround,
- understudy,
- utility,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vicarious,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- volte-face
- leading
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- going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology" related words >
- absolute,
- all-absorbing,
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- arch,
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authority,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- banner,
- best,
- boss,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- clothed with authority,
- command,
- commanding,
- competent,
- conduct,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- control,
- controlling,
- crowning,
- directing,
- direction,
- directive,
- directorial,
- directory,
- dominant,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- exordial,
- first,
- focal,
- fore,
- foregoing,
- forehand,
- foremost,
- forward,
- front,
- frontal,
- general,
- governance,
- governing,
- government,
- great,
- greatest,
- guidance,
- guiding,
- handling,
- head,
- heading,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- highest,
- husbandry,
- imperative,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- inaugural,
- influential,
- initial,
- initiatory,
- lead,
- magisterial,
- maiden,
- main,
- management,
- managerial,
- managery,
- managing,
- manipulation,
- master,
- matchless,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- noted,
- notorious,
- official,
- ordering,
- outstanding,
- overriding,
- overruling,
- paramount,
- peerless,
- pilotage,
- popular,
- potent,
- powerful,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- precessional,
- precursory,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- preeminent,
- prefatory,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- premier,
- preparatory,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- prevenient,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- prior,
- proemial,
- prominent,
- propaedeutic,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulation,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- ruling,
- running,
- senior,
- sovereign,
- star,
- steerage,
- steering,
- stellar,
- substantial,
- supereminent,
- superior,
- supreme,
- the conn,
- the helm,
- the wheel,
- topflight,
- topmost,
- totalitarian,
- unsurpassed,
- uppermost,
- weighty
- authoritarian
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- a person who behaves in an tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
- characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
- expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- likened to a dictator in severity related words >
- Spartan,
- Spartanic,
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- ascendant,
- astringent,
- austere,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bigot,
- bigoted,
- borne,
- bossy,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- closed,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constitutional,
- constricted,
- controlling,
- cramped,
- creedbound,
- deaf,
- deaf to reason,
- demanding,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatic,
- dominant,
- domineering,
- dour,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- fanatical,
- fascist,
- fascistic,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- feudal,
- governing,
- governmental,
- great,
- grim,
- grinding,
- gubernatorial,
- harsh,
- heavy-handed,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heteronomous,
- hidebound,
- high-handed,
- illiberal,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- important,
- influential,
- insular,
- leading,
- little,
- little-minded,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- mean,
- mean-minded,
- mean-spirited,
- meticulous,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- narrow,
- narrow-hearted,
- narrow-minded,
- narrow-souled,
- narrow-spirited,
- nearsighted,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- parochial,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- peremptory,
- petty,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- provincial,
- puissant,
- purblind,
- ranking,
- repressive,
- republican,
- rugged,
- ruling,
- self-governing,
- senior,
- severe,
- shortsighted,
- small,
- small-minded,
- stern,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stringent,
- stuffy,
- substantial,
- superior,
- suppressive,
- supreme,
- theocratic,
- total,
- totalitarian,
- tough,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- uncatholic,
- uncharitable,
- ungenerous,
- unliberal,
- unsparing,
- unyielding,
- weighty
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