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taking the helm 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
  • apostle
  • attorney
  • backer
  • campaigner
  • champion
  • counsel
  • defender
  • exponent
  • expounder
  • lawyer
  • pleader
  • promoter
  • proponent
  • proposer
  • speaker
  • spokesperson
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • capital
  • champion
  • excellent
  • fine
  • first-rate
  • fly
  • top
  • whiz-bang
  • wonderful
  • be in control
  • be in the driver's seat
  • be in the saddle
  • call the tune
  • lay down the law
  • make the decisions
  • make the rules
  • run the show
  • wear the trousers
  • address
  • adjure
  • advance
  • apply
  • ask
  • beg
  • beseech
  • bid
  • call
  • claim
  • contest
  • crave
  • demand
  • entreat
  • hit on
  • implore
  • CEO
  • CFO
  • authority
  • boss
  • cap
  • chieftain
  • commander
  • director
  • exec
  • executive
  • four-striper
  • guide
  • head
  • head honcho
  • higher up
  • leader
  • accommodate
  • bed
  • canton
  • feed
  • harbor
  • house
  • let crash
  • lodge
  • put up
  • quarter
  • room
  • achieve
  • endure
  • hang on
  • keep going
  • last
  • maintain
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
  • persist
  • proceed
  • act
  • adjuration
  • ban
  • behest
  • bidding
  • call
  • canon
  • caveat
  • charge
  • citation
  • commandment
  • decree
  • demand
  • devoir
  • dictate
  • dictation
  • gig
  • jam session
  • musical
  • musicale
  • recital
  • rockfest
  • selections
  • show
  • care
  • carrying on
  • channels
  • charge
  • control
  • direction
  • execution
  • guidance
  • handling
  • intendance
  • leadership
  • management
  • manipulation
  • organization
  • oversight
  • plan
  • admonition
  • advice
  • advisement
  • caution
  • consideration
  • consultation
  • deliberation
  • direction
  • forethought
  • information
  • instruction
  • kibitz
  • recommendation
  • steer
  • suggestion
  • tip
  • baptize
  • call
  • christen
  • cognominate
  • denominate
  • dub
  • label
  • nickname
  • nominate
  • style
  • term
  • title
  • absolute
  • bald
  • blunt
  • candid
  • categorical
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • forthright
  • frank
  • matter-of-fact
  • open
  • outspoken
  • person-to-person
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • acquit
  • ante up
  • come across
  • come through
  • come up with
  • contribute
  • cough up
  • deal
  • defray
  • dispense
  • disperse
  • distribute
  • divide
  • divvy
  • dole out
  • expend
  • 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
  • apply oneself to
  • attend to
  • concentrate on
  • devote oneself to
  • dig
  • direct
  • focus on
  • give
  • go at
  • go for
  • hammer away
  • have a go at
  • have at
  • knuckle down to
  • peg away
  • pitch into
  • architect
  • builder
  • contriver
  • designer
  • deviser
  • director
  • inventor
  • manager
  • manipulator
  • originator
  • planner
  • schemer
  • sights
  • surveyor
  • techie
  • technie
  • assassinate
  • behead
  • bump off
  • do in
  • electrocute
  • eliminate
  • finish
  • gas
  • guillotine
  • hang
  • knock off
  • liquidate
  • murder
  • purge
  • put away
  • put to death
  • 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
  • adviser
  • attendant
  • captain
  • chaperon
  • cicerone
  • conductor
  • controller
  • convoy
  • counselor
  • criterion
  • design
  • director
  • docent
  • escort
  • example
  • exemplar
  • arm
  • bail
  • crank
  • ear
  • grasp
  • haft
  • handgrip
  • helve
  • hilt
  • hold
  • holder
  • knob
  • shaft
  • stem
  • stock
  • tiller
  • arch
  • champion
  • first
  • foremost
  • front
  • highest
  • leading
  • main
  • pioneer
  • preeminent
  • premier
  • prime
  • principal
  • stellar
  • supreme
  • topmost
  • box up
  • bring to naught
  • check
  • collar
  • contain
  • coop up
  • cork
  • corner
  • cover up
  • cramp
  • curb
  • enclose
  • entrap
  • hold back
  • hold in
  • keep back
  • access
  • agency
  • ascendancy
  • character
  • clout
  • command
  • connections
  • consequence
  • control
  • credit
  • direction
  • domination
  • dominion
  • drag
  • effect
  • esteem
  • acquaint
  • advise
  • apprise
  • brainwash
  • break in
  • break it to
  • brief
  • clue in
  • coach
  • counsel
  • discipline
  • disclose
  • drill
  • drum into
  • educate
  • engineer
  • advance
  • carry on
  • conserve
  • continue
  • control
  • cultivate
  • finance
  • go on with
  • guard
  • keep
  • keep going
  • look after
  • manage
  • nurture
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
  • employ
  • feel
  • finger
  • form
  • manage
  • mold
  • operate
  • ply
  • shape
  • swing
  • thumb
  • use
  • wield
  • work
  • abbot
  • archbishop
  • archdeacon
  • bishop
  • chaplain
  • clergy
  • clergyperson
  • cleric
  • clerical
  • clerk
  • confessor
  • curate
  • deacon
  • dean
  • diocesan
  • divine
  • act
  • boss
  • chair
  • command
  • conduct
  • direct
  • do the honors
  • emcee
  • function
  • govern
  • handle
  • preside
  • run
  • serve
  • superintend
  • umpire
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • act on
  • advance
  • be in action
  • behave
  • bend
  • benefit
  • bring about
  • burn
  • carry on
  • click
  • compel
  • complete
  • concern
  • baby-sit
  • be in driver's seat
  • boss
  • call the shots
  • captain
  • chaperon
  • command
  • eye
  • herd
  • inspect
  • keep one's eye on
  • look after
  • overlook
  • quarterback
  • ride herd on
  • run the show
  • ace
  • aerialist
  • aeronaut
  • aviator
  • bellwether
  • captain
  • conductor
  • coxswain
  • dean
  • director
  • doyen/doyenne
  • eagle
  • flier
  • flyer
  • guide
  • helmsperson
  • carry on
  • dispense
  • employ
  • exercise
  • exert
  • follow
  • function
  • handle
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • practice
  • pursue
  • put out
  • swing
  • throw
  • utilize
  • administer
  • advise
  • be at the head of
  • be in driver's seat
  • call the signals
  • carry on
  • chair
  • conduct
  • control
  • direct
  • do the honors
  • govern
  • handle
  • head
  • head up
  • keep
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • allocate
  • arrange
  • balance
  • classify
  • conduct
  • control
  • coordinate
  • correct
  • determine
  • direct
  • dispose
  • fit
  • fix
  • appeal
  • application
  • asking
  • begging
  • call
  • commercial
  • demand
  • desire
  • entreaty
  • inquiry
  • invitation
  • offer
  • prayer
  • recourse
  • requisition
  • solicitation
  • aphorism
  • apothegm
  • assize
  • axiom
  • basis
  • brocard
  • canon
  • chapter and verse
  • command
  • commandment
  • criterion
  • decorum
  • decree
  • decretion
  • dictum
  • direction
  • amble
  • bound
  • break
  • canter
  • dart
  • dash
  • drop
  • escape
  • fall
  • flight
  • gallop
  • jog
  • lope
  • pace
  • race
  • rush
  • 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
  • be in the driver's seat
  • beacon
  • captain
  • conduct
  • control
  • drive
  • escort
  • govern
  • head for
  • helm
  • herd
  • lead
  • pilot
  • point
  • route
  • run
  • 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
  • accept
  • adapt
  • affiliate
  • affirm
  • appropriate
  • approve
  • assent
  • assume
  • borrow
  • embrace
  • endorse
  • espouse
  • follow
  • go down the line
  • go in for
  • imitate
  • administer
  • advocate
  • boss
  • call the shots
  • call upon
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • command
  • concert
  • conduct
  • counsel
  • designate
  • direct
  • disburse
  • dominate
  • alternation
  • appendage
  • caravan
  • chain
  • column
  • concatenation
  • consecution
  • convoy
  • cortege
  • course
  • court
  • entourage
  • file
  • following
  • gradation
  • line
  • account
  • adoption
  • advantage
  • appliance
  • applicability
  • appropriateness
  • avail
  • benefit
  • call
  • capitalization
  • cause
  • convenience
  • custom
  • end
  • exercise
  • exercising
  • analog watch
  • chronometer
  • digital watch
  • pocket watch
  • stopwatch
  • ticker
  • timepiece
  • timer
  • wristwatch
  • attend
  • baby sit
  • consider
  • foster
  • keep an eye on
  • keep tabs on
  • look after
  • mind
  • mind the store
  • minister
  • mother
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • pay attention to
  • protect
  • provide for
  • apply
  • brandish
  • command
  • conduct
  • employ
  • exercise
  • exert
  • flourish
  • handle
  • have
  • have at one's disposal
  • hold
  • maintain
  • make use of
  • manage
  • maneuver

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