Word Meanings - GOVERNMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,

Additional info about word: GOVERNMENT

The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. 2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. Milton. 3. The right or power of governing; authority. I here resign my goverment to thee. Shak. 4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling powe; the administratian. When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. Mozley & W. 5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. 6. Management of the limbs or body. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GOVERNMENT)

• Constitution
• Temperament
• frame
• temper
• character
• habit
• nature
• government
• polity
• state
• consistence
• composition
• substance
• organization
• structure
• regulation
• law
• Discipline
• Order
• strictness
• training
• instruction
• drilling
• control
• coercion
• punishment
• Dominion
• Power
• authority
• rule
• tyranny
• despotism
• empire
• sway
• realm
• territory
• jurisdiction
• Jurisdiction
• Administration
• cognizance
• power
• legalization
• magistracy
• liability
• management
• Treatment
• conduct
• administration
• address
• skill
• superintendence
• skillful treatment

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GOVERNMENT)

• Elude
• avoid
• shun
• ignore
• pass
• Neglect
• abandon
• license
• berate
• free
• mismanage
• misconduct
• Suppress
• repress
• suppose
• imply
• deny
• contradict
• retract

Related words: (words related to GOVERNMENT)

• TREATMENT
  1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment. 2. Entertainment; treat. Accept such treatment as a swain affords. Pope.
• CHARACTERISTIC
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• IMPLY
  1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. "His head in curls implied." Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is
• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• CHARACTER
  1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting;
• HABITURE
  Habitude.
• TEMPER SCREW
  1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
• MISMANAGER
  One who manages ill.
• RETRACTOR
  One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• CONTRADICTIVE
  Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• CONTROLLABLENESS
  Capability of being controlled.
• POWERABLE
  1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
• CONSTITUTIONALIST
  One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
• HABITED
  1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd. 2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. So habited he was in sobriety. Fuller. 3. Inhabited. Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women. Addison.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• SAFE-CONDUCT
  That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
• INHABITATE
  To inhabit.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• UNFRAME
  To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• STRAINABLE
  1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• DISTEMPERATE
  1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe.
• COHABITER
  A cohabitant. Hobbes.
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• INHABITATIVENESS
  A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.