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controlling (root: control)
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controlling
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, weightyFor further exploring for "controlling" in Webster Dictionary Online