full control

Complete command over

Full control means complete authority or power over something, with no restrictions or shared responsibility.

Someone with full control can make all decisions unilaterally: The director has full control over casting.

In computing, full control is a permission level granting unrestricted access to read, write, modify, and delete files.

She finally had full control of her own finances.

Related

tight grip · grip · firm hand · power · reign · taking charge · autonomy · sovereignty · carte blanche · dictatorship · reins · free rein · steering · throttle · holding the reins · override · lockdown · monopoly

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Opposites
degree of control

full controlpowerlessness

Inability to affect outcomes

helplessness · loss of control · out of control · impotence · uncontrollable

order versus chaos

full controlchaos

Complete disorder and confusion

anarchy · disorder · pandemonium · mayhem · bedlam

autonomy and subjugation

full controlat the mercy of

Defenseless before another's power

subservience · vulnerability · subordination · captivity · bondage

Family

full, fully, fullness, fuller, fullest, control, controls, controlled, controlling

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G