control freak

1. 1.

   someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people

   Broadercompulsive

Questions about control freak

What does control freak mean?

control freak means "someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people".

Is control freak a common word?

control freak is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.