N. direction, management,
managery, government,
gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance,
bossism, legislature,
steerage,
pilotage,
reins, reins of government,
helm,
rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star,
cynosure,
supervision,
superintendence,
surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command,
premiership,
senatorship, director, chair,
portfolio,
statesmanship,
statecraft,
kingcraft,
queencraft, ministry,
ministration, administration,
stewardship,
proctorship, agency, director
V. direct,
manage,
govern, conduct, order,
prescribe, cut out work for,
bead, lead, lead the way, show the way, take the lead, lead on, regulate, guide,
steer,
pilot, tackle take the helm, be at the helm, have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins, drive, tool,
superintend,
supervise, overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for,
administer, ministrate,
matronize, have the care of, have the charge of, be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction,
boss, boss one around, pull the strings, pull the wires, rule, have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio, preside, preside at the board, take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair, pull the stroke oar
Adv. at the helm, at the head of
N. scepter,
regalia,
caduceus, mercury's rod, mercury's staff, mercury's wand, rod of empire,
mace,
fasces,
wand, staff, staff of office,
baton,
truncheon, flag, ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority, throne, chair, musnud,
divan,
dais,
woolsack,
toga,
pall,
mantle, robes of state,
ermine, purple, crown,
coronet,
diadem,
tiara, cap of maintenance, decoration, title,
portfolio, key,
signet, seals,
talisman,
helm,
reins N. prison, prison house,
jail,
gaol,
cage,
coop, den, cell,
stronghold, fortress, keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
bastille,
oubliette,
bridewell, house of correction, hulks,
tollbooth,
panopticon,
penitentiary,
guardroom,
lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention,
black hole, pen, fold, pound,
inclosure, isolation (exclusion) 893, penal settlement, penal colony,
bilboes, stocks,
limbo, quod*,
calaboose, chauki,
choky,
thana,
workhouse, newgate, fleet,
marshalsea, king's (or queen's) bench, bond,
bandage, irons,
pinion,
gyve,
fetter,
shackle,
trammel,
manacle,
handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket,
strait-jacket,
strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice,
vise, yoke,
collar,
halter,
harness,
muzzle,
gag,
bit,
brake,
curb,
snaffle,
bridle,
rein,
reins,
bearing rein,
martingale, leading string,
tether,
picket, band,
guy, chain, cord,
cavesson,
hackamore,
headstall, jaquima, lines,
ribbons,
bolt, deadbolt, bar,
lock, police lock, combination lock,
padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling,
palisade,
fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier,
barricade,
drag