Synonyms for Hold office:

• v.

  •govern (verb)
  • exercise authority,
  • lay down the law,
  • call the signals,
  • hold sway,
  • wear the crown,
  • be in the driver's seat,
  • be in power,
  • assume command,
  • serve the people,
  • hold dominion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • represent.
  •command
  • prevails,
  • presided over,
  • Wielding,
  • predominates,
  • over-ride,
  • exercise power,
  • take over,
  • overbear,
  • reign over,
  • over-bear,
  • have authority,
  • Tyrannized,
  • taking over,
  • preside over,
  • overborne,
  • overbears.
  •represent
  • played the part,
  • sell for,
  • corresponding to,
  • speaking for,
  • correspond to,
  • Emblematize,
  • act as,
  • speak for,
  • Bodying,
  • bodied,
  • play part,
  • assume the role of,
  • Emblematized,
  • act as broker,
  • be proxy for,
  • stewarded,
  • buy for,
  • appear as,
  • Factored,
  • be agent for,
  • Emblematizing,
  • serving as,
  • factoring,
  • play the part,
  • act in place of,
  • acted for,
  • be attorney for,
  • acting as,
  • acted as,
  • serve as,
  • stewarding,
  • do business for,
  • act for.
  •Other relevant words:
  • relieve,
  • enlist,
  • Reenlist,
  • spell,
  • do time,
  • have a go,
  • cover,
  • fill in for,
  • govern,
  • alternate,
  • serve time,
  • time off,
  • re-up,
  • sign up,
  • take turns.

Antonyms for Hold office:

• v.

  • command
    follow, contradict, release, neglect, yield, help, encourage, submit, comply, retreat, countermand, obey, give up, recall, leave, permit, consent, lose, allow, leave alone, reverse, start, liberate, mismanage, revoke, serve, oppose, aid, advance, surrender, free, abandon, assist, let go.
  • govern
    agree, give way, acquiesce, fail.
  • represent
    stop, differ, be original, refuse, imbalance.