Control
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional control | emotional grip |
| good | good control | good grip |
| better | better control | better grip |
| similar | similar control | similar grip |
| Other adjectives: firm, perfect, tight, proper, poor, strong, actual, constant, great, little, less, imperial, soviet, super. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Virginia portrays a world where a handful of billionaires control everything and gloat over all the wonderful inventions and discoveries they have suppressed to maintain their grip on power.
Source: Crapsack World / Literature -
Instead of the pistol grip firing key favoured by USN and RN fire control systems, the Kriegsmarine used a mouthpiece where the fire control officer blew when he wanted to fire the guns.
Source: Unusual User Interface -
Where this trope comes in is when she loses her grip on her personalities, and begins switching between them without control, and begins blacking out on what the other personalities did.
Source: Jekyll & Hyde
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