All lead by the nose synonyms

verb lead by the nose

• govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• run — execution
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
• 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?
• influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
• monopolize — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
• prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
• persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
• impress — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
• inspire — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• preponderate — to exceed something else in weight; be the heavier.
• outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
• overrule — to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
• eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
• 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.
• boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
• tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
• domineer — Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
• subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
• predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• subject — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
• overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
• bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
• menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
• bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
• hector — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
• intimidate — to make timid; fill with fear.
• bluster — If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• bend — When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
• swagger — to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
• threaten — to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
• dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
• browbeat — If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
• touch — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
• sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• dispose — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
• carry — If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
• whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
• crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.