Definition for Govern:

• To exercise authority; administer laws.

Synonyms for Govern:

• n.

  •
  • look after.
  •
  • condition.
  •
  • confine,
  • restrict.
  •govern (noun)
  • regularize.

• v.

  •command (verb)
  • charge,
  • hold,
  • grip,
  • grasp,
  • coordinate.
  •control (verb)
  • superintend,
  • supervise,
  • oversee,
  • order,
  • discipline,
  • dominate,
  • pilot.
  •direct (verb)
  • lord,
  • master,
  • boss.
  •influence; hold in check (verb)
  • determine,
  • shepherd,
  • curb,
  • contain,
  • decide,
  • inhibit,
  • directionalize,
  • underlie,
  • get the better of,
  • tame,
  • subdue.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Govern:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    rules, awards.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, Respecting, determine, apply, organise, operate, dictate, run, cover, address, drive.
  • Verb, base form
    regarding, organize, Organizing, steer, oversee, determine, standardize, standardized, arrange, preside, regularize, administrate, apply, running, organise, operate, resolve, dictate, underlie, discipline, run, cover, abide, regularise, address, legislate, underpin, inform, self-determination, reign, decided, orient, drive.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    sentences.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    concerning, manage, rule, dominate, regulate, handle, applicable.
  • Verb, base form
    regulating, concerning, Managing, administer, manage, governance, rule, guide, dominate, regulate, government, handle, applicable, direct, implement.

Antonyms for Govern:

• v.

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

Hypernym for Govern:

• v.

  • social
    standardise, district, zone, standardize.

Hyponym for Govern:

• v.

  • social
    command, make up one's mind, determine, decide, control.
  • stative
    demand, require, need, postulate, ask, involve, take, call for, necessitate.