Synonyms for command

Synonyms for (noun) command

Synonyms: command

Definition: availability for use

Usage: the materials at the command of the potters grew

Similar words: handiness, accessibility, availability, availableness

Definition: the quality of being at hand when needed


Synonyms: command

Definition: the power or authority to command

Usage: an admiral in command

Similar words: dominance, potency, say-so, authorisation, authority, authorization

Definition: the power or right to give orders or make decisions

Usage: he has the authority to issue warrants; deputies are given authorization to make arrests; a place of potency in the state


Synonyms: command, mastery, control

Definition: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

Usage: a good command of French

Similar words: skillfulness

Definition: the state of being cognitively skillful


Synonyms: statement, program line, command, instruction

Definition: (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

Similar words: code, computer code

Definition: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions


Synonyms: command, bid, bidding, dictation

Definition: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

Similar words: speech act

Definition: the use of language to perform some act


Synonyms: command

Definition: a military unit or region under the control of a single officer

Similar words: military force, military group, military unit, force

Definition: a unit that is part of some military service

Usage: he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men


Synonyms: command

Definition: a position of highest authority

Usage: the corporation has just undergone a change in command

Similar words: status, position

Definition: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

Usage: he had the status of a minor; the novel attained the status of a classic; atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life


Synonyms for (verb) command

Synonyms: require, command

Definition: make someone do something

Similar words: enjoin, say, order, tell

Definition: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Usage: I said to him to go home; She ordered him to do the shopping; The mother told the child to get dressed


Synonyms: command

Definition: be in command of

Usage: The general commanded a huge army

Similar words: master, dominate

Definition: have dominance or the power to defeat over

Usage: Her pain completely mastered her; The methods can master the problems


Synonyms: command

Definition: demand as one's due

Usage: This speaker commands a high fee; The author commands a fair hearing from his readers

Similar words: demand, exact

Definition: claim as due or just

Usage: The bank demanded payment of the loan


Synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop, command

Definition: look down on

Usage: The villa dominates the town

Similar words: lie

Definition: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position


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