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exercising power synonyms

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  • administrate
  • be in the driver's seat
  • be in the saddle
  • boss
  • carry out
  • conduct
  • control
  • crack the whip
  • direct
  • execute
  • govern
  • head
  • head up
  • hold the reins
  • oversee
  • pull the strings
  • pull the wires
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • capital
  • champion
  • excellent
  • fine
  • first-rate
  • fly
  • top
  • whiz-bang
  • wonderful
  • allegation
  • beef
  • complaint
  • gripe
  • imputation
  • indictment
  • plaint
  • stink
  • charge
  • chargé d'affaires ad interim
  • analysis
  • audit
  • checkup
  • control
  • inquiry
  • investigation
  • poll
  • rein
  • research
  • review
  • scrutiny
  • test
  • drill instructor
  • educator
  • mentor
  • physical education instructor
  • skipper
  • teacher
  • trainer
  • tutor
  • beset
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • cow
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • high pressure
  • hinder
  • impel
  • intimidate
  • lean on
  • make
  • make an offer they can't refuse
  • bulldoze
  • coerce
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • crack down
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • enforce
  • exact
  • hustle
  • impel
  • make
  • make necessary
  • necessitate
  • oblige
  • put the arm on
  • put the chill on
  • care
  • carrying on
  • channels
  • charge
  • control
  • direction
  • execution
  • guidance
  • handling
  • intendance
  • leadership
  • management
  • manipulation
  • organization
  • oversight
  • plan
  • policy
  • beat
  • bring to knees
  • checkmate
  • circumvent
  • clobber
  • control
  • cream
  • crush
  • discomfit
  • drub
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • get the better of
  • humble
  • lick
  • master
  • outwit
  • ban
  • bar
  • bind
  • bottle up
  • bridle
  • chain
  • check
  • coerce
  • compel
  • concuss
  • confine
  • constrict
  • cool off
  • cork
  • curb
  • deny
  • deprive
  • ascendancy
  • authority
  • bridle
  • charge
  • check
  • clout
  • containment
  • curb
  • determination
  • direction
  • discipline
  • domination
  • dominion
  • driver's seat
  • force
  • government
  • guidance
  • barrier
  • border
  • brake
  • bridle
  • chain
  • control
  • deterrent
  • edge
  • harness
  • hindrance
  • ledge
  • limitation
  • lip
  • rein
  • restrainer
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • actuate
  • arbitrate
  • call the shots
  • cinch
  • clinch
  • complete
  • dispose
  • drive
  • end
  • figure
  • finish
  • fix upon
  • halt
  • impel
  • incline
  • induce
  • move
  • behest
  • bidding
  • code
  • decree
  • dictum
  • direction
  • edict
  • fiat
  • injunction
  • law
  • mandate
  • order
  • ordinance
  • precept
  • principle
  • requirement
  • statute
  • absolute
  • bald
  • blunt
  • candid
  • categorical
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • forthright
  • frank
  • matter-of-fact
  • open
  • outspoken
  • person-to-person
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • point-blank
  • boss
  • call the shots
  • command
  • control
  • detract from
  • dictate
  • direct
  • domineer
  • eclipse
  • handle
  • have one's way
  • have upper hand
  • head
  • hold sway over
  • influence
  • keep under thumb
  • lay down the law
  • be in the saddle
  • bend
  • bluster
  • boss around
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • call the shots
  • dominate
  • hector
  • henpeck
  • in the driver's seat
  • intimidate
  • keep under thumb
  • kick around
  • lead by the nose
  • menace
  • bull's-eye
  • careful
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • correct
  • dead on
  • definite
  • distinct
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • faithful
  • faultless
  • identical
  • literal
  • methodical
  • nailed down
  • administer
  • boss
  • charge
  • check
  • coach
  • coerce
  • compel
  • conduct
  • conquer
  • constrain
  • control
  • curb
  • determine
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • arm
  • brunt
  • clout
  • coercion
  • compulsion
  • conscription
  • constrait
  • draft
  • duress
  • dynamism
  • effort
  • enforcement
  • exaction
  • extortion
  • full head of steam
  • fury
  • horsepower
  • administer
  • assume command
  • be in power
  • be in the driver's seat
  • call the shots
  • call the signals
  • captain
  • carry out
  • command
  • conduct
  • control
  • dictate
  • direct
  • execute
  • exercise authority
  • guide
  • head
  • adviser
  • attendant
  • captain
  • chaperon
  • cicerone
  • conductor
  • controller
  • convoy
  • counselor
  • criterion
  • design
  • director
  • docent
  • escort
  • example
  • exemplar
  • exhibitor
  • administer
  • boss
  • charge
  • check
  • coach
  • coerce
  • compel
  • conduct
  • conquer
  • constrain
  • control
  • curb
  • determine
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • arch
  • champion
  • first
  • foremost
  • front
  • highest
  • leading
  • main
  • pioneer
  • preeminent
  • premier
  • prime
  • principal
  • stellar
  • supreme
  • topmost
  • arrest
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • burden
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • contravene
  • counteract
  • crab
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • cripple
  • curb
  • administer
  • boss
  • charge
  • check
  • coach
  • coerce
  • compel
  • conduct
  • conquer
  • constrain
  • control
  • curb
  • determine
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • access
  • agency
  • ascendancy
  • character
  • clout
  • command
  • connections
  • consequence
  • control
  • credit
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • drag
  • effect
  • esteem
  • fame
  • advance
  • advantage
  • ahead
  • bulge
  • cutting edge
  • direction
  • edge
  • example
  • facade
  • front rank
  • guidance
  • head
  • heavy
  • leadership
  • margin
  • model
  • over
  • administer
  • advocate
  • boss
  • call the shots
  • call upon
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • command
  • concert
  • conduct
  • counsel
  • designate
  • direct
  • disburse
  • dominate
  • engage in
  • act
  • boss
  • chair
  • command
  • conduct
  • direct
  • do the honors
  • emcee
  • function
  • govern
  • handle
  • preside
  • run
  • serve
  • superintend
  • umpire
  • abuse
  • afflict
  • aggrieve
  • annoy
  • beat down
  • burden
  • crush
  • despotize
  • dishearten
  • dispirit
  • distress
  • encumber
  • force
  • handicap
  • harass
  • harry
  • hound
  • badger
  • bludgeon
  • bluster
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • coerce
  • cow
  • despotize
  • domineer
  • dragoon
  • frighten
  • harass
  • hector
  • intimidate
  • lean on
  • lord it over
  • oppress
  • abrogate
  • annul
  • cancel
  • defeat
  • nullify
  • quash
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • trample upon
  • veto
  • carry weight
  • command
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • get the upper hand
  • govern
  • hold sway
  • manage
  • outweigh
  • overrule
  • overshadow
  • preponderate
  • prevail
  • reign
  • rule
  • tell
  • appoint
  • assign
  • choose
  • command
  • decide
  • decree
  • define
  • designate
  • determine
  • dictate
  • direct
  • enjoin
  • establish
  • fix
  • guide
  • impose
  • lay down
  • administer
  • boss
  • charge
  • check
  • coach
  • coerce
  • compel
  • conduct
  • conquer
  • constrain
  • control
  • curb
  • determine
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • abound
  • be common
  • be current
  • be prevalent
  • be usual
  • be victorious
  • be widespread
  • beat
  • best
  • carry
  • come out on top
  • command
  • conquer
  • domineer
  • exist generally
  • gain
  • get there
  • advance
  • assault
  • attack
  • bearing
  • blow
  • butt
  • charge
  • drive
  • driving
  • effort
  • energy
  • exerting
  • exertion
  • forcing
  • impact
  • jolt
  • lean
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • allocate
  • arrange
  • balance
  • classify
  • conduct
  • control
  • coordinate
  • correct
  • determine
  • direct
  • dispose
  • fit
  • fix
  • govern
  • administration
  • ascendancy
  • command
  • control
  • dynasty
  • empire
  • hegemony
  • incumbency
  • influence
  • monarchy
  • power
  • regime
  • sovereignty
  • supremacy
  • sway
  • tenure
  • administer
  • boss
  • charge
  • check
  • coach
  • coerce
  • compel
  • conduct
  • conquer
  • constrain
  • control
  • curb
  • determine
  • dictate
  • direct
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • black out
  • bottle
  • chasten
  • check
  • collect
  • compose
  • control
  • cool
  • cork
  • crush
  • curb
  • gridlock
  • hinder
  • hold back
  • inhibit
  • jam up
  • keep in
  • arrest
  • bind
  • bottle up
  • box up
  • bridle
  • chain
  • check
  • choke back
  • circumscribe
  • confine
  • constrain
  • contain
  • control
  • cool
  • cork
  • crack down
  • curb
  • amble
  • bound
  • break
  • canter
  • dart
  • dash
  • drop
  • escape
  • fall
  • flight
  • gallop
  • jog
  • lope
  • pace
  • race
  • rush
  • scamper
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • control
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • bear down
  • beat down
  • break
  • break in
  • check
  • conquer
  • control
  • crush
  • defeat
  • discipline
  • dominate
  • drop
  • extinguish
  • gentle
  • get the better of
  • get the upper hand
  • get under control
  • conduct
  • manage
  • oversee
  • watch
  • administer
  • be in charge
  • be in driver's seat
  • be in the saddle
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • boss
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • chaperon
  • conduct
  • control
  • crack the whip
  • deal with
  • direct
  • handle
  • inspect
  • amplitude
  • authority
  • clout
  • command
  • control
  • dominion
  • empire
  • expanse
  • government
  • jurisdiction
  • mastery
  • might
  • power
  • predominance
  • range
  • reach
  • regime
  • accept
  • adapt
  • affiliate
  • affirm
  • appropriate
  • approve
  • assent
  • assume
  • borrow
  • embrace
  • endorse
  • espouse
  • follow
  • go down the line
  • go in for
  • imitate
  • maintain
  • dictate
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • persecute
  • trample
  • apply
  • brandish
  • command
  • conduct
  • employ
  • exercise
  • exert
  • flourish
  • handle
  • have
  • have at one's disposal
  • hold
  • maintain
  • make use of
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate

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