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administrative
adjective. involved in managing or using power
- authoritative
- bureaucratic
- central
- commanding
- controlling
- deciding
- decisive
- departmental
- directing
- directive
- directorial
- executive
- governing
- governmental
- in charge
- in control
- jurisdictional
- legislative
- managerial
- official
- organizational
- policy-making
- presiding
- regulative
- regulatory
- ruling
- superintending
- supervising
- supervisory
authoritarian
adjective. domineering
bona fide
adjective. authentic and genuine
canonical
adjective. accepted, recognized
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.