govern

Meaning

Verb

1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
2. To exercise political authority; to run a government.
3. To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
4. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
5. To have or exercise a determining influence.
6. (obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
7. To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
8. (obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
9. (obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
10. (obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
11. To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Noun

The act of governing

Concepts

govern

rule

control

reign

manage

command

direct

restrain

administer

order

regulate

dominate

supervise

lead

handle

check

administrate

decree

bid

dictate

determine

master

guide

demand

tell

curb

sway

act

do

oversee

boss

keep down

suppress

protect

prescribe

appoint

enjoin

exact

instruct

overshadow

be master

regularise

regularize

condition

tend

navigate

allocate

dominant

rule over

mandate

stipulate

run

audit

be attentive

be attentive to

collate

examine

heed

mind

moderate

pay attention

pay attention to

review

verify

watch out

lord over

hold in check

fold

tie up in a bundle

gain control of something

exercise the right to command

regulate by authority

be in power

be in the saddle

exercise the government

manage the government

be at the helm of the state

occupy

be in charge

direct things

conduct

compel

summon

officiate

umpire

overpower

subject

restain

subdue

temper

succeed

head up

ride

wield

cherish

keep

preserve

look after

take care of

create

form

found

grasp

prove

take hold of

bottle up

clip

contain

hold

hold in

arrange

budget

dominance

domination

predominant

predominate

predomination

ruling

superintendence

speed governing

speed regulation

velocity modulation

call the tune

cinch

hold sway

overarch

throne

constitute

impose

lay down

modify

set

admeasure

allot

assign

charge

designate

give

ordain

place

post

requisition

slate

will

counsel

draw rein

drive

head

mentor

pilot

redirect

refer

route

stage direct

starboard

steer

tutor

usher

arrogate

ask

bear on

call

call for

call in

claim

cry

cry out for

entail

insist

press

require

suppose

take

urge

government

officer

repress

helm

legislate

authority

decide

dominion

judge

judgement

law

plan

punish

regulation

watch over

quiet

office

Hyphenated as

gov‧ern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌvən/

Etymology

From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, govern”).