Controlling
Controlling adjective - Able to control or determine policy.
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Significant and controlling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Significant" instead an adjective "Controlling".
Significant
Significant adjective - Clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood).
Controlling and significant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlling" instead an adjective "Significant".
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Related pairs
- principal and controlling
- principal and significant
- prominent and controlling
- prominent and significant
- strong and controlling
- strong and significant
- powerful and controlling
- powerful and significant
- eminent and controlling
- eminent and significant
- main and controlling
- main and significant
- important and controlling
- important and significant
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The Host by Stephenie Meyer was quite literally marketed as "A love triangle with two bodies." It involves a body-controlling alien, her human host and the host's significant other.
Source: Two-Person Love Triangle -
Especially for a high-powered, controlling person like Jan who already has significant issues.
Source: Series / The Office (US) - In Gossip Girl almost every significant adult, one way or another, is irresponsible, clueless, idiotic, indifferent about the whereabouts of the teen characters, or those adults are incapable of controlling the teen actions.
Source: Adults Are Useless
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