Command and Cede

Command

Command verb - To keep, control, or experience as one's own.
Usage example: local government does not command the resources that are needed to respond to such a huge disaster

Cede is an antonym for command.

Cede

Cede verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

Command is an antonym for cede.

Nearby Word: ceding

Common collocations

power command power cede power
powers command powers cede powers
Cite this Source
Cede and Command. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/cede
Command & Cede. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/cede>.
Cede or Command. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/cede.
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