Control
Reserve
Reserve noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
Usage example: the salesclerk showed great reserve in dealing with the unreasonable demands of the angry customer
Control is a synonym for reserve in possession topic. Sometimes you can use "Control" instead the word "Reserve" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as restraint.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| emotional | emotional control | emotional reserve |
| human | human control | human reserve |
| good | good control | good reserve |
| full | full control | full reserve |
| Other adjectives: special, total, proper, active, new, general, limited, greater, central, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Final Fantasy XII expands on the formula in FFX by letting you immediately take control of the three reserve characters if the first three get knocked out.
Source: Player Character Calculus -
As he explains when he becomes Naruto's mentor, Naruto possesses such a large reserve of chakra (thanks to being the Nine-Tailed Fox's container) that he can more readily rely on raw-power ninjutsu instead of the more fine-control techniques his peers have learned.
Source: Unskilled, but Strong -
The heroes of Sneakers, with the super-chip they've just stolen, are able to access anything from the Federal Reserve to the national air-traffic control system.
Source: Everything Is Online
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