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