Exact Match:
- governing
- responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"
Synonyms:
- absolute,
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- boss,
- chief,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- directing,
- directive,
- directorial,
- directory,
- dominant,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- general,
- great,
- guiding,
- head,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- imperative,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- leading,
- managerial,
- managing,
- master,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- official,
- paramount,
- potent,
- powerful,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- prevalent,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- ruling,
- senior,
- sovereign,
- substantial,
- superior,
- supreme,
- totalitarian,
- weighty
Related Words:
- steering committee
collapse - a committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) body related words >
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- council,
- directorate,
- directory,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- infrastructure,
- interlocking directorate,
- management,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the people upstairs,
- top brass
- executive
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- persons who administer the law
- a person responsible for the administration of a business
- having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.; "the executive branch" related words >
- administrating,
- administration,
- administrative,
- administrator,
- archon,
- big cheese,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- boss,
- bureaucratic,
- businessman,
- businesswoman,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- captain,
- castellan,
- chancellor,
- chatelain,
- chatelaine,
- chief executive,
- chief executive officer,
- commandant,
- commander,
- council,
- dean,
- directing,
- director,
- directorate,
- directorship,
- directory,
- entrepreneur,
- exec,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive director,
- executive hierarchy,
- executive officer,
- executive secretary,
- foreman,
- governing,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- government,
- governmental,
- governor,
- gubernatorial,
- head,
- infrastructure,
- intendant,
- interlocking directorate,
- kingpin,
- leader,
- leadership,
- magistrate,
- management,
- manager,
- managerial,
- managing,
- managing director,
- master,
- ministerial,
- number one,
- officer,
- official,
- officiating,
- overseer,
- prefect,
- president,
- presiding,
- prexy,
- principal,
- provost,
- regulatory,
- ruler,
- secretary,
- steering committee,
- superintendent,
- supervision,
- supervisor,
- supervisory,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the people upstairs,
- top brass,
- top dog,
- treasurer,
- vice-chancellor,
- vice-president,
- warden
- directorate
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- a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution related words >
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- bureaucracy,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- captainship,
- chairmanship,
- convenership,
- council,
- custody,
- dictatorship,
- directorship,
- directory,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- foremanship,
- generalship,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- governorship,
- guardianship,
- headship,
- hierarchy,
- higher echelons,
- higher-ups,
- infrastructure,
- intendancy,
- interlocking directorate,
- leadership,
- management,
- managership,
- mastership,
- ministry,
- officialdom,
- overseership,
- prelacy,
- presidency,
- proctorship,
- ruling class,
- ruling classes,
- sovereignty,
- steering committee,
- stewardship,
- superintendence,
- superintendency,
- supervisorship,
- the Establishment,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the ingroup,
- the interests,
- the people upstairs,
- the power elite,
- the power structure,
- the top,
- them,
- they,
- top brass
- totalitarian
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- an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
- characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.
- of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life; "totalitarian theory and practice"; "operating in a totalistic fashion" related words >
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- ascendant,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constitutional,
- controlling,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- dominant,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governing,
- governmental,
- great,
- gubernatorial,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heteronomous,
- illiberal,
- imperative,
- important,
- influential,
- leading,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- monolithic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- oppressive,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- republican,
- ruling,
- self-governing,
- senior,
- substantial,
- superior,
- supreme,
- theocratic,
- total,
- tyrannical,
- undemocratic,
- unlimited,
- weighty
- directing
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- showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress" related words >
- managerial
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- of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management related words >
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- cybernated,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- spontaneous
- automated
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- operated by automation; "an automated stoker" related words >
- automatic,
- automatous,
- cybernated,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- spontaneous
- self-winding
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- designed so that manual winding is unnecessary; "a self-winding watch" related words >
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- cybernated,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- spontaneous
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- cybernated,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- semiautomatic,
- spontaneous
- freewheeling
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- free of restraints or rules; "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style" related words >
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- autonomous,
- free-spirited,
- independent,
- individualistic,
- inner-directed,
- neutral,
- nonaligned,
- nonpartisan,
- self-contained,
- self-dependent,
- self-determined,
- self-directing,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-reliant,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- sovereign,
- third-force,
- third-world
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- ascendant,
- autarchic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bossy,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constitutional,
- controlling,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- dominant,
- domineering,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- feudal,
- governing,
- governmental,
- great,
- grinding,
- gubernatorial,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heteronomous,
- high-handed,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- important,
- influential,
- leading,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- peremptory,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- repressive,
- republican,
- ruling,
- self-governing,
- senior,
- severe,
- strict,
- substantial,
- superior,
- suppressive,
- supreme,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- weighty
- autocratic
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- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" related words >
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- ascendant,
- autarchic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autonomous,
- bossy,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constitutional,
- controlling,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- dominant,
- domineering,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- feudal,
- governing,
- governmental,
- great,
- grinding,
- gubernatorial,
- haughty,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heteronomous,
- high-handed,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- important,
- influential,
- leading,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- overweening,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- peremptory,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- repressive,
- republican,
- ruling,
- self-governing,
- senior,
- severe,
- strict,
- substantial,
- superior,
- suppressive,
- supreme,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- weighty
- semiautomatic
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- partially automatic related words >
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatic device,
- automaton,
- automatous,
- cybernated,
- cyborg,
- mechanical man,
- robot,
- self-acting,
- self-active,
- self-adjusting,
- self-closing,
- self-controlled,
- self-cooking,
- self-directed,
- self-directing,
- self-dumping,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-lighting,
- self-mover,
- self-operative,
- self-regulative,
- self-starting,
- self-winding,
- self-working,
- spontaneous
- republican
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- a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
- an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy)
- a member of the Republican Party
- having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"- United States Constitution; "a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne
- relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics" related words >
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- fascist
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- an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views
- relating to or characteristic of fascism; "fascist propaganda" related words >
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- gubernatorial
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- relating to a governor; "gubernatorial election" related words >
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- federalist
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- an advocate of federalism
- a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government related words >
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- matriarchal
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- characteristic of a matriarchy related words >
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- cadre
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- a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion related words >
- KP,
- army,
- army group,
- battalion,
- battery,
- battle group,
- board,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- brigade,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cabinet,
- camarilla,
- case,
- casement,
- casing,
- cell,
- charmed circle,
- chassis,
- circle,
- clan,
- clique,
- closed circle,
- cohort,
- column,
- combat command,
- combat team,
- company,
- corps,
- coterie,
- council,
- crew,
- crowd,
- detachment,
- detail,
- directorate,
- directory,
- division,
- doorframe,
- elite,
- elite group,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- fabric,
- field army,
- field train,
- file,
- flying column,
- frame,
- framework,
- framing,
- garrison,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- group,
- infrastructure,
- ingroup,
- inner circle,
- interlocking directorate,
- junta,
- junto,
- kitchen police,
- lattice,
- latticework,
- legion,
- management,
- maniple,
- mob,
- organization,
- outfit,
- phalanx,
- picture frame,
- platoon,
- posse,
- rank,
- regiment,
- ring,
- sash,
- section,
- set,
- shell,
- skeleton,
- squad,
- squadron,
- steering committee,
- tactical unit,
- task force,
- the administration,
- the brass,
- the executive,
- the people upstairs,
- top brass,
- train,
- troop,
- unit,
- we-group,
- window case,
- window frame,
- wing
- democratic
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- representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction"
- characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier
- belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic senator" related words >
- absolute,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- classless,
- constitutional,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- egalitarian,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- libertarian,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- popular,
- representative,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- bureaucratic
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- of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy; "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues"; "a bureaucratic nightmare" related words >
- absolute,
- administrative,
- aristocratic,
- authoritarian,
- autocratic,
- autonomous,
- civic,
- civil,
- constitutional,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- directing,
- executive,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- governmental,
- gubernatorial,
- heteronomous,
- managing,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- ministerial,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- republican,
- self-governing,
- supervisory,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian
- nonaligned
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- not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause related words >
- Laodicean,
- apathetic,
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- autonomous,
- centrist,
- even,
- fifty-fifty,
- free-spirited,
- freewheeling,
- half-and-half,
- impartial,
- independent,
- indifferent,
- individualistic,
- inner-directed,
- midway,
- moderate,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- noncommitted,
- nonpartisan,
- on the fence,
- passive,
- self-contained,
- self-dependent,
- self-determined,
- self-directing,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-reliant,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- sovereign,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- uncommitted,
- uninvolved
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- boss,
- chief,
- commanding,
- controlling,
- directing,
- directive,
- directorial,
- directory,
- dominant,
- general,
- governing,
- guiding,
- head,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- leading,
- managerial,
- managing,
- master,
- paramount,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- prevalent,
- regnant,
- regulating,
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- unorthodox
- ex officio
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- by virtue of an office or position; "the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board"
- by virtue of position; "the president sat on the committee ex officio" related words >
- absolute,
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- parliamentary
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- having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament; "parliamentary government"
- in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly; "parliamentary law"
- relating to or having the nature of a parliament; "parliamentary reform"; "a parliamentary body" related words >
- absolute,
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- senatorial,
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- unicameral
- empowered
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- invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter related words >
- absolute,
- ascendant,
- authoritarian,
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- self-acting
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- designed to activate or move or regulate itself; "a self-activating sprinkler system" related words >
- arbitrary,
- automated,
- automatic,
- automatous,
- autonomous,
- cybernated,
- discretional,
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- regnant
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- exercising power or authority related words >
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- average,
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- uninvited,
- unpressured,
- unprompted,
- unrequested,
- unrequired,
- unsolicited,
- unsought,
- voluntary,
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- willful
- conservation
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- the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
- (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change related words >
- attention,
- care,
- cold storage,
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- economy,
- environmental conservation,
- forest conservation,
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- safeguarding,
- safekeeping,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- saving,
- shelf-room,
- soil conservation,
- storage,
- storage space,
- stowage,
- stream conservation,
- supervising,
- supervision,
- support,
- sustentation,
- upkeep,
- warehousing,
- water conservation,
- wetlands conservation,
- wildlife conservation
- unattached
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- not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- not fastened together related words >
- afoot and lighthearted,
- apart,
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- at large,
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- separate,
- single,
- unaffiliated,
- unassociated,
- unattended,
- uncommitted,
- unconnected,
- unengaged,
- uninvolved,
- unjoined,
- unmarried
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