MONOPOLIZES Synonyms

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

• win something through one's efforts

• gain knowledge or skills

• gain through experience

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• a military unit or region under the control of a single officer

• the power or authority to command

• availability for use

• a position of highest authority

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• be in command of

• make someone do something

• demand as one's due

• look down on

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be in control

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• be greater in significance than

• look down on

• devote (oneself) fully to

• consume all of one's attention or time

• seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

• take arbitrarily or by force

• seize control of

• keep busy with

• live (in a certain place)

• occupy the whole of

• be on the mind of

• march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

• require (time or space)

• consume all of one's attention or time

• assume, as of positions or roles

• belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

• have ownership or possession of

• take hold of; grab

• take or capture by force

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• hook by a pull on the line

• affect

• capture the attention or imagination of

• have and control fully and exclusively

• have or exploit a monopoly of

• a place off to the side of an area

• the point where two lines meet or intersect

• an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

• the intersection of two streets

• the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

• a small concavity

• a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

• a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

• a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

• a remote area

• (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

• gain control over

• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

• turn a corner

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• be in control

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• be greater in significance than

• look down on

• a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

• a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

• domestic swine

• take greedily; take more than one's share

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

• take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

• do over

• take up and practice as one's own

• take up, as of debts or payments