Related Words for dictate

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
prescribe
x/
Verb, Verb
order
/x
Verb, Verb
allow
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb
constrain
x/
Verb
govern
/x
Verb
overrule
/xx
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
alter
/x
Verb
conform
x/
Verb
compel
x/
Verb
dominate
/xx
Verb
regulate
/xx
Verb
impose
x/
Verb
disallow
xx/
Verb
define
x/
Verb
affect
x/
Verb
manipulate
x/xx
Verb
enforce
x/
Verb
interfere
xx/
Verb
choose
/
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
defy
x/
Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
prevail
x/
Verb
change
/
Noun
hinder
/x
Verb
confine
x/
Verb
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
usurp
x/
Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
permitting
x/x
Verb
violate
/xx
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
enable
x/x
Verb
threaten
/x
Verb
curtail
x/
Verb
forbid
x/
Verb
letting
/x
Verb
interpret
x/x
Verb
follow
/x
Verb
override
/xx
Verb
supersede
xx/
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
limiting
/xx
Verb
tell
/
Verb
proscribe
x/
Verb
contradict
xx/
Verb
underpin
/xx
Verb
disregard
xx/
Noun
forcing
/x
Verb
adapt
x/
Verb
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
assure
x/
Verb
presume
x/
Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
facilitate
x/xx
Verb
infer
x/
Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb
depend
x/
Verb
subvert
x/
Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
control
x/
Noun
precede
x/
Verb
overpower
xx/x
Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
obey
x/
Verb
intrude
x/
Verb
distort
x/
Verb
orchestrate
/xx
Verb
require
x/x
Verb
disrupt
x/
Verb
justify
/xx
Verb
instruct
x/
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
trump
/
Name
mimic
/x
Noun
predict
x/
Verb
negate
x/
Verb
monopolize
x/xx
Verb
tends
/
Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
modify
/xx
Verb
influence
/xx
Noun
contravene
/xx
Verb
prerogative
x/xx
Noun
subjugate
/xx
Verb
insist
x/
Verb
assign
x/
Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
differ
/x
Verb
observe
x/
Verb
exert
x/
Verb
vary
/x
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
modulate
/xx
Verb
meddle
/x
Verb
deduce
x/
Verb
reshape
x/
Verb
coerce
x/
Verb
cede
/
Verb
matter
/x
Noun
accelerate
x/xx
Verb
mandating
/xx
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb
emulate
/xx
Verb
whims
/
Noun
formulate
/xx
Verb
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
overtake
/xx
Verb
extrapolate
x/xx
Verb
operate
/xx
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
tweak
/
Noun
insure
x/
Verb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
betray
x/
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
enact
x/
Verb
thwart
/
Verb
prioritize
x/xx
Verb
confound
x/
Verb
will
/
Noun
manage
/x
Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
customize
/xx
Noun
impair
x/
Verb
select
x/
Name
disturb
x/
Verb
redefine
xx/
Verb
transcend
x/
Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
command
x/
Noun
behest
x/
Noun
bidding
/x
Noun
summon
/x
Verb
conduct
x/
Noun
postulate
/xx
Noun
take
/
Verb
construe
x/
Verb
institute
/xx
Name
pontificate
x/xx
Noun
pledge
/
Noun
impress
x/
Verb
prudence
/x
Noun
advised
x/
Adjective
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
coincide
xx/
Verb
compulsion
x/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
customary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
desiderata
xxx/x
Verb
dictation
x/x
Noun
disclosure
x/x
Noun
discriminatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
drive
/
Noun, Verb
duty
/x
Noun
essentials
x/x
Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
expedient
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grant
/
Noun, Verb
guide
/
Noun, Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
imperatives
x/xx
Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
innovative
/xxx
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
make
/
Verb, Noun
necessities
x/xx
Noun
oblige
x/
Verb
ordain
x/
Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
precautionary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
principle
/xx
Noun, Verb
promulgate
x/x
Verb
pronounce
x/
Verb
reality
x/xx
Noun
recommended
xx/x
Verb
render
/x
Verb, Noun
requisite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
righteousness
/xx
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
steer
/
Verb, Noun
stringent
/x
Adjective
suboptimal
xxxx
Adjective
these
/
virtue
/x
Noun
write
/
Verb, Noun
writs
/
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb