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