Definition for Govern:

• To exercise authority; administer laws.

Synonyms for Govern:

• n.

  •
  • look after,
  • watch over.
  •
  • administrate,
  • condition,
  • incline,
  • predispose,
  • run.
  •
  • confine,
  • restrict.
  •govern (noun)
  • order,
  • regularize,
  • regulate,
  • rule.
  •rule (noun)
  • hold sway,
  • legislate,
  • tyrannize,
  • hold office,
  • assume command,
  • be in power,
  • exercise authority,
  • hold dominion,
  • lay down the law,
  • occupy the throne,
  • serve the people,
  • wear the crown,
  • wield the scepter.

• v.

  •command (verb)
  • charge,
  • coordinate,
  • grasp,
  • grip,
  • hold,
  • reign,
  • sway.
  •control (verb)
  • administer,
  • bridle,
  • command,
  • control,
  • direct,
  • discipline,
  • dominate,
  • execute,
  • harness,
  • lead,
  • manage,
  • order,
  • oversee,
  • pilot,
  • preside,
  • rule,
  • steer,
  • superintend,
  • supervise.
  •direct (verb)
  • boss,
  • conduct,
  • lord,
  • master.
  •influence; hold in check (verb)
  • boss,
  • bridle,
  • check,
  • contain,
  • curb,
  • decide,
  • determine,
  • discipline,
  • dispose,
  • dominate,
  • handle,
  • incline,
  • inhibit,
  • predispose,
  • restrain,
  • rule,
  • shepherd,
  • subdue,
  • tame,
  • underlie,
  • get the better of,
  • directionalize.
  •master (verb)
  • head.
  •social (verb)
  • order,
  • regularise,
  • regularize,
  • regulate.
  •take control; rule (verb)
  • administer,
  • call the shots,
  • captain,
  • carry out,
  • command,
  • conduct,
  • control,
  • dictate,
  • direct,
  • execute,
  • guide,
  • head,
  • head up,
  • hold sway,
  • lead,
  • manage,
  • order,
  • overrule,
  • oversee,
  • pilot,
  • regulate,
  • reign,
  • render,
  • run,
  • steer,
  • superintend,
  • supervise,
  • sway,
  • tyrannize,
  • hold office,
  • assume command,
  • be in power,
  • exercise authority,
  • hold dominion,
  • lay down the law,
  • serve the people,
  • wear the crown,
  • be in the driver's seat,
  • call the signals,
  • occupy throne,
  • pull the strings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • administrate,
  • overshadow,
  • restrain,
  • spearhead,
  • watch over,
  • wield,
  • hold office,
  • preside over.
  •
  • chair,
  • look after,
  • moderate,
  • overrule.
  •
  • guide.
  •
  • run.
  •command
  • hold office,
  • preside over,
  • exercise power,
  • have authority.
  •control
  • quarterback,
  • deal with,
  • hold sway over,
  • call the signals.
  •direct
  • have the say.
  •handle
  • cope with.
  •head
  • lead the way,
  • be in charge.
  •Other relevant words:
  • absolutely,
  • accurately,
  • act on,
  • actually,
  • adjust,
  • administrate,
  • advise,
  • affect,
  • agency,
  • approximately,
  • argument,
  • arrange,
  • arrangement,
  • arrest,
  • ascertain,
  • assuredly,
  • attach,
  • attend,
  • authoritative,
  • authority,
  • baffle,
  • balance,
  • bar,
  • bead,
  • bearing,
  • bewitch,
  • bind,
  • business,
  • call the shots,
  • call the tune,
  • captain,
  • captivate,
  • carry on,
  • carry out,
  • categorically,
  • certainly,
  • chair,
  • charm,
  • check,
  • commonly,
  • completely,
  • conclusive,
  • conclusively,
  • condition,
  • confession,
  • confine,
  • consecrate,
  • constrain,
  • consume,
  • contain,
  • convincing,
  • cool,
  • cool off,
  • cope with,
  • counsel,
  • course,
  • create,
  • creed,
  • critical,
  • crucial,
  • curb,
  • curtail,
  • decelerate,
  • decide,
  • decidedly,
  • decision,
  • decisive,
  • decisively,
  • decree,
  • define,
  • definitely,
  • definitive,
  • determination,
  • determinative,
  • determine,
  • dictate,
  • direction,
  • discourage,
  • discover,
  • dispose,
  • disposition,
  • doctrine,
  • driven,
  • drove,
  • duty,
  • emphatically,
  • enchant,
  • engineer,
  • enjoin,
  • enthral,
  • entirely,
  • eventually,
  • exactly,
  • final,
  • finally,
  • find,
  • firmly,
  • fix,
  • fixedly,
  • flatly,
  • frame,
  • freeze,
  • frequently,
  • frustrate,
  • fully,
  • function,
  • generally,
  • governing,
  • grade,
  • guard,
  • guidance,
  • guide,
  • guild,
  • handle,
  • head up,
  • highway,
  • hinder,
  • hold back,
  • hold fast,
  • hold in,
  • hold sway,
  • hold up,
  • impede,
  • important,
  • incline,
  • influence,
  • inhibit,
  • keep,
  • keep back,
  • keep in,
  • king,
  • largely,
  • law,
  • lead on,
  • leadership,
  • legislate,
  • logic,
  • look after,
  • maintain,
  • manacle,
  • management,
  • maneuver,
  • manipulate,
  • mastermind,
  • method,
  • mind,
  • moderate,
  • modify,
  • modulate,
  • monitor,
  • move,
  • obsess,
  • obstruct,
  • office,
  • officer,
  • officiate,
  • operate,
  • ordain,
  • ordinate,
  • organize,
  • overlook,
  • overpower,
  • overrule,
  • overshadow,
  • particularly,
  • path,
  • peg,
  • peremptorily,
  • peremptory,
  • perfectly,
  • pin,
  • place,
  • position,
  • positively,
  • possess,
  • precisely,
  • predispose,
  • predominate,
  • preoccupy,
  • prescribe,
  • preserve,
  • prevail,
  • prevent,
  • profession,
  • prohibit,
  • pull,
  • put,
  • quarterback,
  • quite,
  • rate,
  • regularise,
  • regularize,
  • regulate,
  • rein,
  • rein in,
  • render,
  • repress,
  • restrain,
  • restrict,
  • retrench,
  • ride herd on,
  • roughly,
  • run,
  • say,
  • set,
  • set up,
  • shackle,
  • shape,
  • shepherd,
  • skipper,
  • slow down,
  • snub,
  • solidly,
  • spearhead,
  • steadfastly,
  • stop,
  • straiten,
  • strangle,
  • subdue,
  • suppress,
  • surely,
  • tackle,
  • take charge,
  • tame,
  • tell,
  • thoroughly,
  • totally,
  • tyrannize,
  • unconditionally,
  • underlie,
  • unequivocally,
  • unqualifiedly,
  • unreservedly,
  • uphold,
  • use,
  • vital,
  • watch,
  • watch over,
  • way,
  • wholly,
  • wield,
  • withhold,
  • Definitively,
  • Embank,
  • get the better of,
  • public administrator,
  • deal with,
  • hold office,
  • keep from,
  • interfere with,
  • preside over,
  • stand over,
  • retard,
  • carry authority,
  • rule the roost,
  • wear the pants,
  • lead the way,
  • take care of,
  • give form to,
  • assume command,
  • be in power,
  • exercise authority,
  • hold dominion,
  • lay down the law,
  • occupy the throne,
  • serve the people,
  • wear the crown,
  • wield the scepter,
  • hold sway over,
  • take command,
  • control oneself,
  • take the lead,
  • show the way,
  • administration,
  • be in,
  • be in charge,
  • be in the driver's seat,
  • be responsible for,
  • set back,
  • bring under control,
  • call the signals,
  • directionalize,
  • exercise control,
  • exercise power,
  • have authority,
  • have the say,
  • hold at bay,
  • hold the reins,
  • keep in check,
  • occupy throne,
  • pull the strings,
  • rule over,
  • run the show,
  • be in control,
  • make the rules,
  • pull-in.

Antonyms for Govern:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abandon, acquiesce, agree, aid, air, allow, assist, comply, consent, fail, follow, help, hesitate, leave, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, serve, submit, surrender.

• v.

  • influence; hold in check
    aid, assist, help, hesitate, liberate, release, submit.
  • social
    deregulate.
  • take control; rule
    abandon, acquiesce, agree, allow, comply, consent, fail, follow, give way, leave, mismanage, neglect, obey, permit, serve, surrender, yield.
  • Other antonyms:
    air, comply, deregulate, express, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, obey, submit, take out, unleash, vent, yield.