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Definition: Lord It Over |
Lord It OverVerb1. Act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Lord It OverSynonyms: act superior (v), put on airs (v), queen it over (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Authority | Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity). |
Insolence | Domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lord It Over |
| English words defined with "lord it over": Seigniorize, Signiorize. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lord it over": Seigniorize. (references) |
Expression using "lord it over": lord it over him. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "lord it over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sillem me dikë si zotëri i madh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سيطر عليه (lord it over him). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | държа се властно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | komandovat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traiter qn de haut (lord it over him), traiter qn avec arrogance (lord it over him). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | uralkodik valaki felett. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 憚る (to have great influence, to have scruples, to hesitate, to lord it over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はばかる (to have great influence, to have scruples, to hesitate, to lord it over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ordlay itay overay повелевать (adjure), помыкать (maltreat, order about). (various references) gospodariti nekim (lord it over him). (various references) hacerse el señor sobre él (lord it over him). (various references) spela herre över. (various references) emirler yağdırmak (boss about, give orders, order about), amirane davranmak, üstünlük taslamak. (various references) tra-awdurdodi (domineer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-o-o-r-r-t-v" | |
-2 letters: overlord, overtoil. | |
-3 letters: overlit, redroot, rootier. | |
-4 letters: devoir, divert, doolie, dotier, drivel, driver, drover, editor, loiter, looted, looter, oolite, oriole, oroide, overdo, retold, retool, revolt, rioted, rioter, roiled, rooted, rooter, tirled, toiled, toiler, toledo, tooled, tooler, torero, toroid, torrid, triode, trover, violet, voider. | |
-5 letters: devil, direr, diver, divot, dolor, doter, drier, drive, droit, drool. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-o-o-r-r-t-v" | |
+5 letters: dorsoventrality. | |
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