'Controlling' definitions:
Definition of 'controlling'
From: WordNet
adjective
Able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"
Definition of 'Controlling'
From: GCIDE
- Control \Con*trol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controlled; p. pr. & vb. n. Controlling.] [F. contr[^o]ler, fr. contr[^o]le.] [Formerly written comptrol and controul.]
- 1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This report was controlled to be false. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower. [1913 Webster]
- Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control. --Dryden.
- 3. to assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control[7]. [PJC]
- Syn: To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'controlling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- weighty
Words containing 'Controlling'
- Control,
- Controllability,
- Controllable,
- Controllableness,
- Controlled,
- Controller,
- Controlment,
- out of control,
- under control,
- Board of control,
- Compound control,
- Control theory,
- arms control,
- beyond control,
- birth control,
- concatenation control,
- control account,
- control board,
- control center,
- control character,
- control circuit,
- control condition,
- control experiment,
- control freak,
- control function,
- control grid,
- control group,
- control key,
- control operation,
- control panel,
- control rod,
- control room,
- control stick,
- control stock,
- control surface,
- control system,
- control tower,
- controlled substance,
- controlling interest,
- crowd control,
- cruise control,
- damage control,
- disk controller,
- fire control,
- flight control,
- flood control,
- gaining control,
- ground control,
- gun control,
- internal control,
- inventory control,
- job control,
- joint control,
- line of control,
- management control,
- military control,
- motor control,
- population control,
- price control,
- quality control,
- radio control,
- remote control,
- riot control,
- social control,
- take control,
- tandem control,
- traffic control,
- Bell system of control,
- Self-control,
- ascii control character,
- birth control device,
- birth control pill,
- fire control radar,
- fire control system,
- job control language,
- machine-controlled,
- price-controlled,
- radio-controlled,
- remote-controlled,
- riot control operation,
- self-controlled,
- state-controlled,
- transmission control protocol,
- birth-control campaigner,
- birth-control reformer,
- calendar method of birth control,
- center for disease control and prevention,
- ground-controlled approach,
- job-control language,
- radio-controlled aircraft,
- remote-control bomb,
- rhythm method of birth control,
- transmission control protocol/internet protocol,
- Three-torque system of control,
- united nations office for drug control and crime prevention