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directing

ADJECTIVE
administrative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory
WEAK
authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directive directorial executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising
ADJECTIVE
executive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
managerial
STRONG
governing ruling
WEAK
controlling decision-making managing
Antonyms
STRONG
subordinate
ADJECTIVE
governing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administrative dominant guiding ruling
STRONG
absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining dominating executive mastering ordering overseeing restraining superintending
WEAK
authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior subordinate
WEAK
powerless tributary
ADJECTIVE
managerial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bureaucratic commanding directorial governmental legislative ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory
WEAK
authoritative central controlling deciding decisive departmental directive executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
ADJECTIVE
predominant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dominant dominating main potent prevailing prevalent weighty
WEAK
absolute all-powerful almighty arbitrary ascendant authoritative capital chief controlling effective efficacious governing holding the reins imperious influential leading mighty official omnipotent overbearing overpowering paramount predominate preponderant primary prime principal prominent reigning sovereign superior superlative supervisory supreme surpassing transcendent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior minor secondary subordinate unimportant
WEAK
inconsequential trivial
ADJECTIVE
presiding
Synonyms
STRONG
controlling governing managing
ADJECTIVE
sovereign
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolute autonomous unlimited
STRONG
ascendant chief imperial independent principal royal ruling
WEAK
commanding effectual efficacious excellent guiding highest lofty majestic monarchal monarchial overbearing paramount predominant predominate preponderant prevalent regal regnant reigning self-governed supreme
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dependent limited restricted
STRONG
minor secondary subordinate unimportant
WEAK
inferior submissive subservient
ADJECTIVE
standardizing
Synonyms
STRONG
balancing controlling determining normalizing regularizing regulating shifting
WEAK
directive regulative
ADJECTIVE
supervisory
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory
WEAK
authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directive directorial executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising
NOUN
administration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule
STRONG
application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance
WEAK
administering overseeing
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect
NOUN
conservation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
care conservancy control maintenance management protection supervision
STRONG
attention custody economy governing guardianship keeping safekeeping salvation saving stewardship storage supervising sustentation upkeep
WEAK
cherishing conserving guarding managing preserval preserving protecting safeguarding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorance neglect
STRONG
negligence
WEAK
destruction spending squandering waste

Example Sentences

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Yet her fame derives not from directing, but rather from acting in more than 200 motion pictures from the mid-1920s until shortly before her death, at age 67, in 1977.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Michael Arden, who won a Tony for directing last year’s best musical winner, “Maybe Happy Ending,” infuses his visually spectacular production of “The Lost Boys” with a refreshing 21st century sensitivity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

By Tuesday afternoon, the Federal Communications Commission had issued an order directing Disney’s eight ABC-owned television stations to file their broadcast license renewals within 30 days — years ahead of schedule.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

It is believed Amandi, known for directing popular hits such as The Album and Tiger King and his recent role in Once Upon a Dream, was detained in September.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

On Thursday, Paul Stewart took over, directing the first read-through at the CBS studio.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow