noun

1. a circular rounded projection or protuberance

Synonym: knob

2. a person responsible for hiring workers

e.g. the boss hired three more men for the new job

Synonym: hirer

3. a person who exercises control and makes decisions

e.g. he is his own boss now

4. a person who exercises control over workers

e.g. if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman

Synonym: foremanchiefgafferhoncho

5. a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments

e.g. party bosses have a reputation for corruption

Synonym: party bosspolitical boss

noun

1. the activity of managing or exerting control over something

e.g. the control of the mob by the police was admirable

2. (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

e.g. the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired
he had lost control of his sphincters

3. a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

e.g. the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly
I turned the controls over to her

Synonym: controller

4. discipline in personal and social activities

e.g. he was a model of polite restraint
she never lost control of herself

Synonym: restraint

5. power to direct or determine

e.g. under control

6. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

e.g. a good command of French

Synonym: commandmastery

7. a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

e.g. the control condition was inappropriate for the conclusions he wished to draw

Synonym: control condition

8. the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

e.g. they wanted to repeal all the legislation that imposed economic controls

9. a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

10. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

e.g. measures for the control of disease
they instituted controls over drinking on campus

11. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

e.g. her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her

Synonym: dominanceascendanceascendenceascendancyascendency

noun

1. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

e.g. there is little or no promise that he will recover

Synonym: hope

2. a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

noun

1. making an important discovery

2. a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense

3. a productive insight

Synonym: discoveryfind