command

How to sign: exercise authoritative control or power over
"control the budget"; "Command the military forces";

Similiar / Same: control

Within this category: call the shots, charm, corner, dominate, govern, govern, harness, hold, hold one's own, hold sway, internationalize, manage, monopolize, preoccupy, preside, regiment, steer, steer

command

How to sign: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

Similiar / Same: bid, bidding, dictation

Categories: speech act

Within this category: behest, commandment, commission, countermand, injunction, open sesame, order