Reverse Dictionary: RULE

ADJECTIVES
► CHICKEN-PECKED under the rule of a girl; governed by a child → 1786 humorous
► IMPERANT commanding, ruling → 1617 obs.
► IMPERATE commanded, ruled → c1470 obs.
► IMPERIOUS 1. having the rank of or befitting an emperor or supreme ruler → c1586 obs.
2. exercising a commanding influence; ruling, sovereign, dominant; having a commanding position, aspect, demeanour, etc.; majestic, stately → 1592 obs.
► PANARCHIC all-ruling, all-governing → 1610 obs.
► REGITIVE ruling, governing → a1412 obs.
► SALSIPOTENT ruling the sea → 1575 obs.
► UNDER THE WAND subject to the rule of a person → c1400 Sc. obs.
► UNDER THE YARD under the rule, control, or discipline of → c1386 obs.

NOUNS
► FAR a hard and fast rule → 1991 US sl.
► LEADING government, rule → c1375 obs.
► MASTERDOM the condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, rule, ascendancy, control → 1588 obs.
► OMNIREGENCY all-ruling condition; universal rule → 1616 obs.
► ONWALD power, rule, authority → c893 obs.
► SIGNORY lordship, domination, rule → c1375
► SWINGE sway, power, rule, authority, influence → 1531 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CRYPTARCH a secret ruler → 1800
► DAME a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess → a1225 obs.
► DECAN a chief or ruler of ten → 1569 obs.
► DICTOUR a ruler, judge or guardian → c1440 obs.
► DUKE a leader; a leader of an army, a captain or general; a chief, a ruler → c1275 obs.
► DYNAST one in power; a ruler, a lord, a chief, esp. a hereditary ruler; a member or founder of a dynasty → 1631
► GENERAL a commander, a leader; a ruler → 1582
► GERENT one who holds an office; a manager, a ruler → 1576
► GIOUR a ruler; a guide → 1886 obs. (Bk.)
► GUBERNATOR a ruler, a governor → 1522
► GUBERNATRICE a female ruler or governor → 1522 Sc. obs.
► GUBERNATRIX a female ruler or governor → 1541 obs.
► GUIDERESS a female who guides; a female ruler or director; an instructress → c1374 obs.
► HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person → c897
► IMPERATOR absolute ruler, emperor; commander, ruler → 1588
► MASTER one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor → c1000 obs.
► MASTER-MAN an artisan or tradesman who sets up for himself; an employer; an overlooker, a ruler, a governor → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MODERATOR a ruler, a governor, a director → a1398 obs.
► MONARCH in early use: a sole and absolute ruler of a state; subsequently also: any ruler or sovereign bearing the title of king, queen, emperor, empress, or the equivalent of one of these → a1439
► MONOCRAT a person who rules alone; an autocrat → 1848
► OMNIARCH ruler of all things → 1848
► ORDAINER one who puts or keeps in order; a manager, a director, a ruler → c1290 obs.
► PARAMOUNT supreme ruler or proprietor → c1645  
► POLYCEPHALIST a person who has many heads; fig. a person who acknowledges many rulers → 1659 obs.
► RIGHTER a person who governs, rules, or directs → a1000 obs.
► SATRAP a subordinate ruler; often suggesting an imputation of tyranny or ostentatious splendour → c1380
► SATRAPESS a female subordinate ruler → 1832
► SIRE a lord or ruler of a specified place → a1300 obs.
► SOPHY a ruler; a great person → 1599
► SUFFREYN a sovereign ruler, monarch → a1500 obs.
► SULTAN an absolute ruler; a despot, a tyrant → 1648
► TITHINGMAN a chief or ruler of ten → c1000 obs.
► TOPARCH the ruler or prince of a small district, city, or petty state; a petty ‘king’ → 1640 
► TYRANT a ruler, a governor, a prince → a1340 obs.
► WALDEND a ruler, a governor → c888 obs.
► YEMER a keeper, a guardian; a ruler → c1330 obs.

VERBS
► AWELD to rule or reign over a people or place; to govern; to be in command of someone or something → c1175 obs.
► GUY to command an army, etc.; to govern or rule a country; to administer or manage affairs or an office → c1330 obs.
► IMPERATE to command, to rule, to govern → 1599 obs.
► IMPERIALIZE to act imperially, to act the part of an emperor or absolute ruler → 1634 obs.
► MAN to be the master of; to manage, to rule → c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MONARCHIZE to rule as a monarch; to rule absolutely → 1592 obs.
► RATE to rule, to govern → 1854 Eng. dial.
► RIGHT to govern, to rule, to judge → a1000 obs.
► RIGHTLECHE to direct, to guide; to govern, to rule → a1000 obs.
► SIGNORIZE to rule, to reign, to have or exercise dominion; usually with ‘in’ or ‘over’ → 1594 obs.
► SOVEREIGNIZE to exercise supreme power; to rule as a sovereign → 1601 obs.
► WARD to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child → a1000 obs.
► WIELD THE SCEPTRE to exercise supreme authority, to rule → L16
► YEME to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control → c1000 obs.