Synonyms of regulating

regulating

verb

present participle of regulate

1

as in controlling

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controlling
• curbing
• containing
• keeping
• restraining
• measuring
• governing
• suppressing
• stifling
• inhibiting
• constraining
• taming
• checking
• holding
• ruling
• stopping
• pulling in
• bridling
• interrupting
• repressing
• swallowing
• reining (in)
• impeding
• blocking
• strangling
• hindering
• hampering
• arresting
• obstructing
• smothering
• choking (back)
• holding back
• silencing
• bottling (up)
• squelching
• sinking
• muffling
• pocketing
• mincing
• muzzling
• handcuffing
• gagging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• loosening
• liberating
• expressing
• venting
• airing
• unleashing
• taking out
• loosing

2

as in supervising

to look after and make decisions about

the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supervising
• managing
• controlling
• overseeing
• operating
• handling
• governing
• conducting
• running
• administering
• directing
• keeping
• guiding
• protecting
• tending
• superintending
• administrating
• presiding (over)
• carrying on
• stewarding
• overlooking
• watching over
• leading
• steering
• watching
• safeguarding
• guarding
• minding
• piloting
• caring (for)
• micromanaging
• stage-managing
• comanaging
• codirecting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of regulating

Nationally, 85% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans favored creating a federal agency devoted to monitoring and regulating AI. — Victoria Baeza Garcia, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026

LoPilato said the policy aims to be proactive, rather than allowing more violence to take place before regulating the problem. — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Beijing is regulating intimacy, but what is being built, there and everywhere, is a permanent record of the interior life, and the interior life was the one room a person could always lock. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

On Monday, Garden City adopted its own ordinance regulating high-speed e-motos and e-scooters. — Rose Evans july 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026

The earliest wildlife laws in England also required landowners to retain adequate forage and cover for wildlife, in addition to regulating hunting and fishing. — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

Ferreira found that peptides in the venom powerfully inhibited an enzyme involved in regulating blood pressure. — Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026

More clarity, tighter protocols Legal experts broadly say though that the SEC will likely take on a more supportive role in regulating prediction markets, while the CFTC retains its primary one. — Ananya Chetia,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 16 July 2026

While this sounds acceptable, only regulating these harms when they are being used by corporations would essentially restrict states to two undesirable options. — Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 16 July 2026