governing

1. 1.

   responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws

   “governing bodies”

   Similardominant

Other forms of governing

plural

governings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about governing

What does governing mean?

governing means "the act of governing; exercising authority". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in governing?

governing has 3 syllables: gov-er-ning. The stress falls on "gov". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌvɚnɪŋ/.

What is another word for governing?

Close synonyms include government, governance, government activity, administration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is governing a common word?

governing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with governing?

1 word rhymes with governing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.