Need another word that means the same as “governs”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “governs” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Governs” are: rule, order, regularise, regularize, regulate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “governs” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| order | Place in a certain order. My mate ordered the tickets last week. |
| regularise | Make regular or more regular. |
| regularize | Make regular or more regular. Regularize the heart beat with a pace maker. |
| regulate | Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly. Regulate the temperature. |
| rule | Mark or draw with a ruler. An industrial tribunal ruled that he was unfairly dismissed from his job. |
| autocrat | A ruler who has absolute power. Like many autocrats Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive. |
| autonomous | (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment. School governors are legally autonomous. |
| consul | A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country. The British consul in Israel. |
| dictator | A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner. My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime. |
| dominate | Be the most important or conspicuous person or thing in. The company dominates the market for operating system software. |
| domineering | Tending to domineer. How can I do my job with a domineering boss yelling in my ear. |
| embassy | The staff working in an embassy. Worsley failed to be selected to join the embassy to Sweden. |
| federal | Any federal law enforcement officer. The health ministry has sole federal responsibility for healthcare. |
| governing | The act of governing exercising authority. Regulations for the governing of state prisons. |
| governor | The head of a public institution. The governor of the Bank of England. |
| manageable | Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do. Her long hair was black wavy and manageable. |
| minister | Act as a minister of religion. The story was able to minister true consolation. |
| monocracy | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. |
| monopolize | (of an organization or group) obtain exclusive possession or control of (a trade, commodity, or service. OPEC wants to monopolize oil. |
| plutocracy | A state or society governed by the wealthy. Officials were drawn from the new plutocracy. |
| potentate | A ruler who is unconstrained by law. |
| president | An executive officer of a firm or corporation. The president of the European Union. |
| principality | (in traditional Christian angelology) the fifth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. |
| referendum | A general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision. |
| regulator | A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel. Regulators of privatized utilities. |
| reign | Have sovereign power. During the reign of Henry VIII. |
| ruler | Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths. |
| ruling | An authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially one made by a judge. The ruling was reversed in the appeal court. |
| satrap | A governor of a province in ancient Persia. |
| sovereignty | Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch. National sovereignty. |
| triumvir | (in ancient Rome) each of three public officers jointly responsible for overseeing any of the administrative departments. |
| triumvirate | (in ancient Rome) a group of three men holding power, in particular (the First Triumvirate) the unofficial coalition of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus in 60 BC and (the Second Triumvirate) a coalition formed by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian in 43 BC. A triumvirate of three executive vice presidents. |
| tyrant | A tyrant flycatcher. The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations. |
| viceroy | Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign. |
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