Command and Help

Opposite meaning words

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

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Help is an antonym for command in topics: demand, rule.

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Command is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

human	human command	human help
good	good command	good help
special	special command	special help
best	best command	best help
Other adjectives: better, similar, direct, proper, actual, real, great, psychic, personal, new, major, immediate, mental, final, military, random, last, soviet.

party	command party	help party
life	command life	help life
people	command people	help people
company	command company	help company
Other words: way, world, side, anyone, times, players, animals.

Aqualad had the command ability at one point, lost it, then regained it (or so he thought) only to find out he no longer commanded them; he had to ask them nicely to help out instead.

Source: Speaks Fluent Animal
Subverted in that he eventually makes the decision to defy the Central Command and help the dissidents escape.

Source: My Country, Right or Wrong
It doesn't help that Clanners are promoted solely on combat prowess, rather than on their ability to actually command people.

Source: Tabletop Game / BattleTech

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