commanding

Examples

• All

• But he he's got a real commanding presence in a beautiful way.

  Chris Williamson

• In spite of his size, the company man's voice was deep and commanding.

  Fiction book (1991)

• All right, I love this question because it gets to the heart of commanding respect.

• You have a very commanding voice.

  Stealing Sinatra (2003)

• "Speak with a deep, commanding timbre," her education professor had said.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Richard was known for being austere, religious, and having a very commanding personality.

  Academic text (2010)

• His voice was as commanding as his presence, and Arthur could not well ignore the summons.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Unlike Janeway, she manages to be brilliant, commanding, humane, strong, and sexy.

  Blog text (10)

• Though he was the shorter and slighter, this other man managed to be commanding, even next to the bearish figure of the huntsman.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The teacher had a commanding presence that captured everyone's attention.

Synonyms

M

magisterial

vscommanding

• Formal

1 7.9

Showing a strong, commanding way of speaking or acting

is a strong neutral presence lacking the dignified or overbearing tone

Antonyms

S

submissive

38 5.1

Willing to obey others and not argue

U

unimposing

1 6.1

Not attracting attention because it looks plain or simple

Compounds

C

commanding officer

• Specialized

80 4.1

An officer in charge of a group of soldiers

How Commanding

domineering

12 7.4

authoritative

39 5.8

commanding

8 4.1

assertive

42 4.2

modest

192 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology