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powers-that-be synonyms

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  • ascendancy
  • authorization
  • beef
  • charge
  • clout
  • command
  • credit
  • domination
  • dominion
  • edge
  • esteem
  • force
  • goods
  • government
  • guts
  • administration
  • authority
  • beadledom
  • city hall
  • civil service
  • directorate
  • government
  • management
  • ministry
  • officialdom
  • officials
  • powers that be
  • red tape
  • regulatory commission
  • the Establishment
  • act
  • adjuration
  • ban
  • behest
  • bidding
  • call
  • canon
  • caveat
  • charge
  • citation
  • commandment
  • decree
  • demand
  • devoir
  • dictate
  • ascendancy
  • authority
  • bridle
  • charge
  • check
  • clout
  • containment
  • curb
  • determination
  • direction
  • discipline
  • domination
  • dominion
  • driver's seat
  • force
  • administration
  • charge
  • command
  • control
  • government
  • guidance
  • leadership
  • order
  • oversight
  • superintendence
  • supervision
  • ascendancy
  • authority
  • command
  • despotism
  • dictatorship
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • influence
  • jurisdiction
  • might
  • oppression
  • power
  • preponderancy
  • prepotence
  • prepotency
  • ascendancy
  • authorization
  • bailiwick
  • command
  • commission
  • control
  • country
  • demesne
  • district
  • domain
  • dominance
  • domination
  • empire
  • enclave
  • field
  • authority
  • command
  • commonwealth
  • control
  • domain
  • dominion
  • federation
  • government
  • people
  • power
  • realm
  • sovereignty
  • supremacy
  • sway
  • union
  • beheading
  • capital punishment
  • contract killing
  • crucifixion
  • decapitation
  • electrocution
  • gassing
  • guillotining
  • hanging
  • hit
  • impalement
  • lethal injection
  • necktie party
  • punishment
  • rub out
  • controlling
  • decision-making
  • directing
  • governing
  • managerial
  • managing
  • ruling
  • administration
  • authority
  • bureaucracy
  • command
  • control
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • empire
  • execution
  • executive
  • guidance
  • influence
  • jurisdiction
  • law
  • advice
  • auspices
  • conduct
  • conduction
  • control
  • conveyance
  • direction
  • government
  • help
  • instruction
  • intelligence
  • leadership
  • management
  • navigation
  • supervision
  • access
  • agency
  • ascendancy
  • character
  • clout
  • command
  • connections
  • consequence
  • control
  • credit
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • drag
  • effect
  • administration
  • arbitration
  • area
  • authority
  • bailiwick
  • bounds
  • circuit
  • command
  • commission
  • compass
  • confines
  • control
  • discretion
  • district
  • domination
  • act
  • assize
  • behest
  • bidding
  • bylaw
  • canon
  • case
  • caveat
  • charge
  • charter
  • code
  • command
  • commandment
  • constitution
  • covenant
  • exhortation
  • pastoral care
  • prayer
  • preaching
  • spiritual leadership
  • advocacy
  • aegis
  • aid
  • assistance
  • auspices
  • backing
  • benefaction
  • championship
  • encouragement
  • financing
  • grant
  • guardianship
  • help
  • promotion
  • protection
  • Uncle Sam
  • Washington
  • authority
  • bureaucracy
  • command
  • control
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • empire
  • execution
  • executive
  • governance
  • guidance
  • influence
  • affairs of state
  • backroom
  • campaigning
  • civics
  • domestic affairs
  • electioneering
  • foreign affairs
  • government
  • government policy
  • hat in the ring
  • internal affairs
  • jungle
  • legislature
  • matters of state
  • political science
  • body politic
  • commonwealth
  • community
  • country
  • federation
  • land
  • nation
  • republic
  • sovereignty
  • territory
  • union
  • aptitude
  • bent
  • capability
  • capacity
  • competency
  • dynamism
  • effectiveness
  • efficacy
  • endowment
  • faculty
  • function
  • gift
  • influence
  • potential
  • potentiality
  • command
  • control
  • domination
  • power
  • preponderance
  • supremacy
  • President
  • admiral
  • advisers
  • board
  • bureau
  • cabinet
  • chair
  • chairperson
  • chargé d'affaires
  • command
  • commander
  • committee
  • consulate
  • department
  • directors
  • authority
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • power
  • rule
  • administration
  • dynasty
  • establishment
  • government
  • incumbency
  • management
  • pecking order
  • reign
  • rule
  • system
  • tenure
  • arrangement
  • classification
  • collectivization
  • command
  • division
  • grouping
  • harmonization
  • institutionalization
  • mechanization
  • methodization
  • ordering
  • organization
  • regulation
  • rigidity
  • standardization
  • adjustment
  • administration
  • arrangement
  • classification
  • codification
  • control
  • coordination
  • direction
  • governance
  • governing
  • government
  • guidance
  • handling
  • management
  • moderation
  • abstemiousness
  • abstinence
  • caution
  • coercion
  • command
  • compulsion
  • confines
  • constraint
  • control
  • coolness
  • curtailment
  • economy
  • forbearance
  • grip
  • hindrance
  • aphorism
  • apothegm
  • assize
  • axiom
  • basis
  • brocard
  • canon
  • chapter and verse
  • command
  • commandment
  • criterion
  • decorum
  • decree
  • decretion
  • dictum
  • ascendancy
  • ascendant
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • jurisdiction
  • preeminence
  • prepotence
  • prepotency
  • primacy
  • supremacy
  • supreme power
  • sway
  • accompaniment
  • attitude
  • capacity
  • case
  • category
  • chances
  • character
  • circumstance
  • circumstances
  • contingency
  • element
  • environment
  • essential
  • estate
  • event
  • address
  • artfulness
  • craft
  • delicacy
  • delicatesse
  • discretion
  • expedience
  • finesse
  • negotiation
  • poise
  • politics
  • savoir-faire
  • skill
  • subtlety
  • administration
  • aegis
  • auspices
  • charge
  • control
  • custody
  • direction
  • guardianship
  • keeping
  • management
  • ministration
  • protection
  • safekeeping
  • supervision
  • trust
  • ahead
  • ascendancy
  • authority
  • better
  • bulge
  • dominance
  • edge
  • eminence
  • excellence
  • influence
  • lead
  • meliority
  • nobility
  • perfection
  • position
  • administration
  • auspices
  • care
  • charge
  • conduct
  • control
  • direction
  • guidance
  • handling
  • instruction
  • intendance
  • oversight
  • running
  • superintendence
  • superintendency
  • absolute rule
  • ascendancy
  • authority
  • command
  • control
  • dominance
  • dominion
  • driver's seat
  • paramountcy
  • power
  • predominance
  • preeminence
  • preponderance
  • prepotence
  • primacy
  • amplitude
  • authority
  • clout
  • command
  • control
  • dominion
  • empire
  • expanse
  • government
  • jurisdiction
  • mastery
  • might
  • power
  • predominance
  • range
  • Uncle Sam
  • Washington
  • authority
  • bureaucracy
  • command
  • control
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • empire
  • execution
  • executive
  • governance
  • guidance
  • influence
  • Brother Jonathan
  • US government
  • Washington
  • abutment
  • accord
  • agglutination
  • agreement
  • amalgam
  • amalgamation
  • blend
  • centralization
  • coadunation
  • combination
  • coming together
  • commixture
  • compound
  • concatenation
  • conciliation
  • Uncle Sam
  • authority
  • bureaucracy
  • command
  • control
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • empire
  • execution
  • executive
  • governance
  • guidance
  • influence
  • jurisdiction
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