commanding (adj.)

• absolute
• ascendant
• authoritarian
• authoritative
• authorized
• autocratic
• boss
• chief
• compelling
• competent
• consequential
• considerable
• controlling
• directing
• directive
• directory
• dominant
• eminent
• empowered
• general
• governing
• great
• guiding
• head
• imperative
• important
• influential
• instructive
• leading
• managerial
• master
• mighty
• momentous
• official
• paramount
• peremptory
• potent
• powerful
• predominant
• predominate
• preeminent
• preponderant
• prescriptive
• prestigious
• prevalent
• prominent
• puissant
• ranking
• regnant
• regulating
• regulative
• regulatory
• reigning
• ruling
• senior
• sovereign
• substantial
• superior
• supreme
• totalitarian
• weighty