Control
Control noun - The fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal.
Usage example: took control of the process of selecting candidates for the scholarship
Possession is a synonym for control. In some cases you can use "Possession" instead a noun "Control".
Possession
Possession noun - The fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal.
Usage example: a student who was found to have several overdue library books in his possession
Control is a synonym for possession in ownership topic. You can use "Control" instead a noun "Possession", if it concerns topics such as power.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human control | human possession |
| good | good control | good possession |
| physical | physical control | physical possession |
| full | full control | full possession |
| Other adjectives: direct, alien, actual, constant, little, psychic, main, partial, personal, new, permanent, sole, temporary, outright, voluntary, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In live-action and some forms of animation, the standard signal for mind control or possession is totally black or totally white eyes.
Source: Mind-Control Eyes -
Wraith: The Oblivion characters can do this using Inhabit, which allows possession and control of inanimate objects.
Source: Electromagnetic Ghosts - This isn't Mind Control or possession, it's because they've been warped by events around them, and forced into villainy by forces outside their control.
Source: Driven to Villainy
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Possession and Control. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/control/possession
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