All overbear synonyms

verb overbear

• torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
• buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
• enforce — Compel observance of or compliance with (a law, rule, or obligation).
• menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
• showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
• swagger — to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
• dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
• 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?
• supervise — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
• take over — the act of taking.
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• administer — If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
• boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• coach — A coach is someone who trains a person or team of people in a particular sport.
• compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
• conduct — When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
• conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
• exact — Not approximated in any way; precise.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
• 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.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• 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.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• officiate — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
• override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
• predominate — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
• prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
• prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
• reign — the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• run — execution
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• superintend — to oversee and direct (work, processes, etc.).