Definition for Dictate:

• To speak with final authority; prescribe.

Synonyms for Dictate:

• n.

  •
  • give forth,
  • affect,
  • shape,
  • emit,
  • verbalize,
  • record,
  • compose,
  • interview,
  • formulate,
  • talk,
  • interact,
  • speak,
  • get,
  • impact,
  • deliver.
  •
  • follow,
  • plead,
  • decree,
  • manage,
  • direct,
  • require,
  • instruct,
  • command,
  • petition.
  •
  • fix,
  • code,
  • lay down,
  • morals,
  • ethics,
  • etiquette,
  • law,
  • over,
  • conscience,
  • convention,
  • Standards,
  • impose.
  •
  • dominate,
  • rule,
  • domineer,
  • tyrannize,
  • boss.
  •command (noun)
  • charge,
  • requirement,
  • order,
  • will,
  • bidding.
  •command; rule (noun)
  • fiat,
  • direction,
  • principle,
  • dictum,
  • edict,
  • mandate,
  • decree,
  • injunction,
  • law,
  • requirement,
  • ultimatum,
  • word,
  • order,
  • bidding,
  • precept,
  • ordinance,
  • behest,
  • code,
  • statute.
  •dictate (noun)
  • prescribe,
  • order.
  •order (noun)
  • say-so.
  •typing (noun)
  • type,
  • touch-type,
  • typing,
  • dictation,
  • typist,
  • typewritten.
  •word (noun)
  • word.

• v.

  •command; give instructions (verb)
  • instruct,
  • govern,
  • ordain,
  • manage,
  • set,
  • control,
  • guide,
  • enjoin,
  • pronounce,
  • lay down,
  • call the play,
  • lay down the law,
  • lead,
  • prescribe,
  • charge,
  • direct,
  • walk heavy,
  • take the reins,
  • bulldoze,
  • call the shots,
  • call the tune,
  • read the riot act,
  • regiment,
  • put foot down,
  • rule,
  • bid,
  • impose.
  •communication (verb)
  • prescribe,
  • order.
  •compel (verb)
  • dragoon,
  • mandate,
  • stress,
  • hijack,
  • cause,
  • incite,
  • bully,
  • push,
  • coerce,
  • intimidate,
  • drive,
  • daunt,
  • galvanize,
  • pressure,
  • spark,
  • browbeat,
  • press,
  • oblige,
  • motivate,
  • propel,
  • foment,
  • compel,
  • impel,
  • goad,
  • urge,
  • nag,
  • stimulate,
  • bulldoze.
  •read out for the record (verb)
  • talk,
  • emit,
  • utter,
  • interview,
  • verbalize,
  • speak,
  • give forth,
  • transmit,
  • deliver,
  • orate,
  • prepare draft,
  • formulate,
  • compose,
  • draft correspondence,
  • say,
  • give account.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • commandment,
  • moralize,
  • rubric,
  • domineer,
  • command,
  • tyrannize,
  • prescript,
  • sermonize,
  • directive,
  • enact.
  •
  • enforce,
  • rule,
  • delegate,
  • lay down,
  • edit,
  • task,
  • injunction,
  • behest,
  • require.
  •
  • impose,
  • law,
  • instruct,
  • regulation,
  • dominate.
  •
  • bidding,
  • let,
  • instruction.
  •
  • direction,
  • bid.
  •
  • word,
  • fix.
  •
  • direct.
  •
  • set.
  •command
  • call upon,
  • lay down the law,
  • call the signals,
  • give orders,
  • call on,
  • put foot down,
  • ordinate.
  •dominate
  • preponderate,
  • order about,
  • play first fiddle.
  •enact
  • enact.
  •indite
  • indite.
  •prescribe
  • lay down.
  •pronouncement
  • dictum.
  •typing
  • type,
  • touch-type,
  • typing,
  • dictation,
  • typist,
  • typewritten.
  •Other relevant words:
  • interact,
  • behest,
  • rank,
  • typist,
  • bill,
  • demand,
  • draft,
  • promulgation,
  • ascendent,
  • bless,
  • rescript,
  • writ,
  • constrain,
  • rate,
  • give forth,
  • inscribe,
  • lay down the law,
  • warning,
  • Persuasibility,
  • encouragement,
  • Standards,
  • catchword,
  • truth,
  • plead,
  • insist upon,
  • ukaz,
  • consecrate,
  • manage,
  • direction,
  • peremptory,
  • autocratic,
  • lay,
  • place,
  • beard,
  • moral,
  • define,
  • institution,
  • softness,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • order about,
  • wear the pants,
  • gnome,
  • susceptibility,
  • follow,
  • take the reins,
  • fix,
  • postulate,
  • boss,
  • incitation,
  • rule,
  • persuasion,
  • injunction,
  • declare,
  • over,
  • bull,
  • touch-type,
  • edit,
  • formula,
  • senatus consultum,
  • distich,
  • edict,
  • phrase,
  • persuasiveness,
  • imperative,
  • govern,
  • maxim,
  • saw,
  • authorize,
  • saying,
  • motto,
  • bestride,
  • shape,
  • command,
  • talk,
  • summons,
  • incitement,
  • let,
  • bear down,
  • bossy,
  • Impressibility,
  • huff,
  • commission,
  • imperious,
  • instigation,
  • right,
  • measure,
  • exact,
  • dominate,
  • stage direction,
  • draft correspondence,
  • ethics,
  • precept,
  • Persuasibleness,
  • delegate,
  • Brocard,
  • expression,
  • harden,
  • citation,
  • Proverbs,
  • inspiration,
  • typewritten,
  • mot,
  • prompt,
  • prepare draft,
  • put foot down,
  • prescript,
  • regularise,
  • manifesto,
  • contend,
  • apothegm,
  • predominate,
  • bid,
  • Hatti-sherif,
  • verbalize,
  • subpoena,
  • ruling,
  • charge,
  • set up,
  • canon,
  • instance,
  • typing,
  • ordination,
  • give account,
  • emit,
  • interview,
  • rule the roost,
  • rubric,
  • pull,
  • form,
  • affect,
  • brevet,
  • petition,
  • Firman,
  • admonition,
  • attractiveness,
  • authorise,
  • axiom,
  • tell,
  • ascendant,
  • suasion,
  • stipulate,
  • unwritten law,
  • pithy saying,
  • dispensation,
  • control,
  • type,
  • locate,
  • play first fiddle,
  • beat down,
  • proclaim,
  • transmit,
  • decide,
  • ordain,
  • ana,
  • put,
  • lobbyism,
  • law,
  • refine,
  • indite,
  • text,
  • require,
  • adage,
  • utter,
  • say the word,
  • exhortation,
  • task,
  • truism,
  • have the ascendancy,
  • pronunciamento,
  • manifold,
  • regulation,
  • tattoo,
  • sermonize,
  • convention,
  • Mittimus,
  • snub,
  • direct,
  • commanding,
  • Wisdom literature,
  • give orders,
  • formulate,
  • twist,
  • point out,
  • arrange,
  • etiquette,
  • call the play,
  • enact,
  • determination,
  • Nisi prius,
  • statement,
  • proverb,
  • Lex,
  • oracle,
  • sloka,
  • lay down,
  • verse,
  • theorem,
  • insist on,
  • appointment,
  • decision,
  • byword,
  • influence,
  • domineer,
  • dictum,
  • Formulary,
  • lord it over,
  • walk heavy,
  • lead,
  • provocation,
  • order,
  • act,
  • principle,
  • authoritative,
  • wise saying,
  • Placit,
  • ultimatum,
  • specify,
  • give the word,
  • mandamus,
  • moralize,
  • wisdom,
  • Hest,
  • deliver,
  • say-so,
  • speak,
  • trample down,
  • principium,
  • witticism,
  • regularize,
  • dictation,
  • directive,
  • act on,
  • lay it on the line,
  • prevail,
  • solicitation,
  • tyrannize,
  • call,
  • advice,
  • call the signals,
  • ordinate,
  • compelling,
  • tread down,
  • formality,
  • preponderate,
  • impulse,
  • permit,
  • interpellation,
  • ukase,
  • teaching,
  • compose,
  • By-law,
  • Decretal,
  • golden rule,
  • requirement,
  • fiat,
  • enactment,
  • grade,
  • prompting,
  • ordinance,
  • impact,
  • course,
  • adjudge,
  • Tantalization,
  • choice,
  • set,
  • instruct,
  • trample under foot,
  • dash off,
  • orate,
  • warrant,
  • determine,
  • regulate,
  • necessitate,
  • statute,
  • JUS,
  • decree,
  • judgement,
  • word,
  • read the riot act,
  • advocacy,
  • trumpet call,
  • call the tune,
  • pronounce,
  • caveat,
  • bidding,
  • administration,
  • instruction,
  • take the lead,
  • Attractability,
  • Ordonnance,
  • range,
  • code,
  • bye law,
  • call upon,
  • aphorism,
  • designate,
  • impose,
  • sutra,
  • morals,
  • impulsion,
  • call the shots,
  • situate,
  • say,
  • pronouncement,
  • DO,
  • prescribe,
  • guideline,
  • prescription,
  • will,
  • call for,
  • master,
  • hector,
  • legislation,
  • assign,
  • get,
  • plebiscite,
  • draw up,
  • regiment,
  • enjoin,
  • pleasure,
  • enforce,
  • universal truth,
  • guide,
  • sentence,
  • passport,
  • analects,
  • standing order,
  • proposition,
  • call on,
  • proclamation,
  • record,
  • self-evident truth,
  • conscience,
  • appoint,
  • commandment,
  • bylaw,
  • promulgate,
  • bugle call,
  • sanction,
  • epigram,
  • condition.

Antonyms for Dictate:

• n.

  • command; rule
    lawlessness, answer, request, question.
  • Other antonyms:
    entreaty, urging, suggestion.

• v.

  • command; give instructions
    disallow, ask, mismanage, implore.
  • read out for the record
    conceal, withhold, refrain.