- controlling
- Synonyms and related words:absolute, all-absorbing, ascendant, at the head, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, boss, capital, cardinal, chief, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, directing, directive, directorial, directory, dominant, duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, foremost, general, governing, great, guiding, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, highest, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, leading, main, managerial, managing, master, mighty, momentous, monocratic, official, overriding, overruling, paramount, potent, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, prepollent, preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prestigious, prevalent, primary, prime, principal, prominent, puissant, ranking, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, ruling, senior, sovereign, substantial, superior, supreme, topmost, totalitarian, uppermost, weighty
Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.