The Meaning of control

• (n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
• (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
• (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.
• (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
• (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Synonyms

control condition , dominance , ascendance , ascendence , ascendancy , ascendency , restraint , command , mastery , controller , command , hold in , hold , contain , check , curb , moderate , operate , manipulate , keep in line , verify , see , check , insure , see to it , ensure , ascertain , assure , master

Antonyms

unrestraint

Rhymes

amphibole , anatole , atoll , bankroll , blowhole , boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , bowl , buol , buttonhole , cajole , casserole , charcoal , coal , coale , cole , colle , console , cubbyhole , decontrol , devaul , dhole , dipole , doell , dole , droll , ecole , enroll , espanol , extol , fishbowl , flagpole , foal , foale , fohl , foxhole , glycerol , glycol , goal , gohl , groll , hoel , hohl , hole , interpol , keyhole , knoell , knoll , koehl , koelle , kohl , kol , kole , lodgepole , loophole , madole , manhole , mcdole , metropol , mohl , mole , monopole , nicole , nicolle , nohl , nole , noll , ohl , ole , oriole , pajole , parole , patrol , payroll , pfohl , pigeonhole , pinhole , pistole , poehl , pohl , pole , poll , pothole , redpoll , rock-and-roll , roehl , roell , roelle , rohl , rol , role , roll , rolle , schaul , scroll , self-control , seoul , shoal , shole , sinkhole , skoal , sohl , sole , soul , sowle , stole , stoll , strohl , strole , stroll , tadpole , thoele , thole , toal , toelle , tole , toll , troll , voell , walpole , whole , woehl , wohl