governing as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
governing
noun
1 governing
The act of governing; exercising authority:
— Regulations for the governing of state prisons.
synonyms: administration, governance, government, government activity.
Dutch: beleid, bestuur, gouvernement, politiek, regering
Polish: włodarzenie, władanie, trzymanie steru (rządów), panowanie, dzierżenie steru (rządów), rządzenie, sprawowanie rządów
adjective
1 governing
Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws.
Roget 737a:
regal,
sovereign,
governing;
royal,
royalist;
monarchical,
kingly;
imperial,
imperiatorial†;
princely;
feudal;
aristocratic,
autocratic;
oligarchic
etc.
n.;
republican,
dynastic.
ruling
etc.
v.;
regnant,
gubernatorial;
imperious;
authoritative,
executive,
administrative,
clothed with authority,
official,
departmental,
ex officio,
imperative,
peremptory,
overruling,
absolute;
hegemonic,
hegemonical†;
authorized
etc.
(due)
924.
[pertaining to property owned by government]
government,
public;
national,
federal;
his majesty's [Brit.],
her majesty's;
state,
county,
city,
etc.
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Moby thesaurus: absolute, ascendant, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, boss, chief, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling, directing, directive, directorial, directory, dominant, duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, general, great, guiding, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, leading, managerial, managing, master, mighty, momentous, monocratic, official, paramount, potent, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prestigious, prevalent, prominent, puissant, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, ruling, senior, sovereign, substantial, superior, supreme, totalitarian, weighty ... show more.
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