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  1. ruleverb

    To excel.

    This game rules!

    Synonyms:
    rock

    Antonyms:
    suck

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. rule

    Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.

    Synonyms:
    command, control, curb, direct, govern, influence, manage, mold, reign, reign over, restrain, sway

    Antonyms:
    be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yield

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. rule, regulationnoun

    a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

    "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, regularization, ordinance, principle, regularisation, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, regulating, dominion

  2. convention, normal, pattern, rule, formulanoun

    something regarded as a normative example

    "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

    Synonyms:
    form, expression, ruler, practice, regulation, radiation diagram, formula, dominion, principle, figure, approach pattern, chemical formula, linguistic rule, shape, radiation pattern, prescript, blueprint, traffic pattern, conventionalism, conventionality, recipe, pattern, convening, convention, design, normal

  3. rule, prescriptnoun

    prescribed guide for conduct or action

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  4. rule, linguistic rulenoun

    (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  5. principle, rulenoun

    a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

    "their principles of composition characterized all their works"

    Synonyms:
    precept, rationale, convention, normal, pattern, principle, ruler, prescript, regulation, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  6. rulenoun

    the duration of a monarch's or government's power

    "during the rule of Elizabeth"

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  7. dominion, rulenoun

    dominance or power through legal authority

    "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

    Synonyms:
    principle, convention, normal, territory, pattern, territorial dominion, ruler, prescript, district, regulation, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  8. rulenoun

    directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

    "he knew the rules of chess"

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  9. rulenoun

    any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

    "the rule of St. Dominic"

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  10. principle, rulenoun

    a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

    "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

    Synonyms:
    precept, rationale, convention, normal, pattern, principle, ruler, prescript, regulation, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  11. rule, formulanoun

    (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

    "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, chemical formula, ruler, prescript, pattern, formula, expression, linguistic rule, recipe, dominion

  12. rule, rulerverb

    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

    Synonyms:
    convention, regulation, normal, principle, ruler, prescript, pattern, swayer, formula, linguistic rule, dominion

  13. govern, ruleverb

    exercise authority over; as of nations

    "Who is governing the country now?"

    Synonyms:
    reign, rein, predominate, regularize, harness, dominate, find, order, prevail, govern, decree, regulate, regularise

  14. rule, decreeverb

    decide with authority

    "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"

    Synonyms:
    find, predominate, harness, dominate, prevail, govern, decree, reign, rein

  15. predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevailverb

    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

    "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

    Synonyms:
    eclipse, govern, dominate, reign, predominate, rein, endure, overshadow, hold, overtop, overlook, run, prevail, obtain, hulk, harness, loom, find, tower, command, persist, triumph, decree, master, die hard

  16. rule, findverb

    decide on and make a declaration about

    "find someone guilty"

    Synonyms:
    line up, detect, recover, find oneself, get, get hold, predominate, rein, find, dominate, retrieve, notice, chance, reign, determine, see, find out, govern, come up, decree, encounter, happen, receive, feel, harness, incur, observe, witness, ascertain, bump, prevail, regain, obtain, discover

  17. ruleverb

    have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

    Synonyms:
    find, predominate, harness, dominate, prevail, govern, decree, reign, rein

  18. ruleverb

    mark or draw with a ruler

    "rule the margins"

    Synonyms:
    find, predominate, harness, dominate, prevail, govern, decree, reign, rein

  19. rule, harness, reinverb

    keep in check

    "rule one's temper"

    Synonyms:
    rein in, find, predominate, harness, tackle, dominate, draw rein, prevail, govern, decree, reign, rein

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How to use rule in a sentence?

  1. Dennis Wharton:

    We're particularly delighted the court highlights the irrationality of a rule that bars broadcast/newspaper combinations in the same market.

  2. Dick Durbin:

    You are the nominee of President Donald John Trump. This is a President who has shown us consistently that President Donald John Trump is contemptuous of the rule of law, it's that President who has decided Dick Durbin are his man.

  3. Angus King:

    I think it is an important protection for the minority and some incentive toward bipartisan legislation is important, but that is based upon the premise, however, that the minority does not abuse the rule, if it is abused, I am subject to changing my view.

  4. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

    Your infinity number is the age you were at conception to the age you were at soul gift to the age you die. However you are one of many incarnations so you must add all these numbers to reach your full infinity asensuion number. If you know your asensuion number you can use it to rule your universe. Wjen you have this universe you must then understand it before going further on your spiritual journey. Then you will be given glimpses of other u-universes. These are not mistypes.

  5. Thomas Oppermann:

    If thousands of judges and public prosecutors who obviously had nothing to do with the coup are getting removed, then this is an attack on the democratic state under the rule of law, erdogan is abusing the failed coup as an excuse to clean the Turkish state apparatus of opponents of the AKP.


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