All govern synonyms

verb govern

• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
• oversee — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
• conduct — When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
• dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
• administer — If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
• supervise — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
• regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
• carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• run — execution
• render — to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
• reign — the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
• tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• captain — In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
• overrule — to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• steer — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
• pilot — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
• discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
• shepherd — a male given name.
• incline — to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• dispose — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
• tame — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
• predispose — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
• bridle — A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
• boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• underlie — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
• call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
• head up — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
• lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
• get the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.