BOSSING (AROUND) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

bossing (around)

verb

present participle of boss (around)

as in ordering

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around

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Carmella’s daughters are also razzing her for ordering seven vibrators from Amazon.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026
However, curious customers can still try some Swedish candy before the store opens by ordering through Swedish Candy Culture’s website or by ordering during a candy drop.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026

Definition of ordering

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This is really a bet on the consumer and price has been telling us the consumer is willing and able to travel, even with spiking oil prices.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Saada hit back during a luncheon with French producers at Cannes, telling the crowd Canal+ would no longer be working with signatories.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 July 2026

Definition of telling

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For weeks Donnie had been sending her money, and instructing her to deposit it into the nanny’s account.

— Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Lagos shared that many athletic directors in her section are often teachers who take on the role of instructing students and then doing the full administrative labor required to help teams cycle through their schedules.

— Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 14 July 2026

Definition of instructing

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Then came the emergence of then-rookie Scourton, who ended up tied as the sack leader on the team with five and who was commanding double-team attention and who was always being in the right places on the field and saying the right things off it.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Those concerns are reinforced by China’s commanding position in the global humanoid robotics industry.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Definition of commanding

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Saturn stations retrograde in your 2nd House of Resources, asking you to review spending, earning, values, and the cost of saying yes too easily.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
DeepSeek might choose to resume the deal process at a later date, the people said, asking to remain anonymous to talk about private discussions.

— Haze Fan, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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