The Meaning of command

• (v. t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
• (v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
• (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
• (v. t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
• (v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
• (v. i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
• (v. i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.
• (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
• (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
• (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
• (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
• (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
• (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

Synonyms

Order , direct , instruct , charge , bid , enjoin.

Antonyms

Supplicate , entreat , persuade , beg , petition , suggest , represent.

Rhymes

ampersand , armband , backhand , band , bandstand , banned , beforehand , bland , bourland , brand , brande , broadband , canned , chand , contraband , cropland , deland , demand , disband , dixieland , dreamland , expand , fairyland , fanned , farmhand , farmland , fatherland , ferdinand , fernand , finland , firebrand , firsthand , forehand , freehand , gland , goodland , grand , grande , grandstand , grassland , greenland , hand , handstand , headband , heartland , hildebrand , hinterland , homeland , inland , laband , land , lande , lapland , lefthand , longhand , lowland , mainland , mande , manned , marchand , marshland , meadowland , midland , misunderstand , moorland , motherland , newsstand , nightstand , northland , nuland , offhand , outmanned , overland , panned , parkland , planned , queensland , quicksand , rand , remand , reprimand , rhineland , samarkand , sand , secondhand , shadowland , shand , shorthand , somaliland , southland , spanned , stagehand , stand , strand , strande , streisand , tanned , thailand , timberland , undermanned , understand , unmanned , unplanned , vande , wasteland , wetland , withstand , wonderland , woodland