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whip hand
noun as in ascendancy
noun as in ascendancy/ascendency
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in dominance
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in paramountcy
noun as in preeminence
noun as in preponderancy
noun as in prepotency
noun as in say-so
Strong matches
- ascendancy
- authorization
- beef
- charge
- clout
- command
- control
- credit
- domination
- dominion
- edge
- esteem
- force
- goods
- government
- guts
- influence
- juice
- jump
- jurisdiction
- license
- mastery
- might
- permission
- permit
- pizazz
- pow
- power
- powerhouse
- prerogative
- prestige
- punch
- right
- ropes
- rule
- say
- sovereignty
- steam
- strength
- stuff
- supremacy
- sway
- warrant
- weight
- word
- zap
Weak matches
noun as in superiority
noun as in trump card
noun as in upper hand
Example Sentences
It’s always been the case that the American people can override the rule of law — a normally slight risk that has roared forward in recent years under the whip hand of a would-be tyrant.
"The CCI has the whip hand and has, on occasions, adopted a 'take it or leave it' approach," he added.
Typically they are a ragtag bunch posturing to one another under the whip hand of a charismatic leader, like Stewart Rhodes — as Tuesday’s hearing revealed.
Sinn Féin hold the whip hand and can block that, if they so wish, because they have to elect a deputy first minister in the joint office.
Nearby, the two military leaders of the militia turned political bloc, which now holds a whip hand in Lebanese affairs, were buried under cutouts of their likenesses.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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