THESAURUS
give the word
OK, accord, admit, allow, bid, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, command, commission, consent, declare, decree, dictate, direct, dispense, enjoin, give an order, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, grant, instruct, issue a command, issue a writ, leave, let, make possible, mandate, okay, ordain, order, order about, permit, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, release, rule, say the word, vouchsafe
ROGET THESAURUS
give the word
Command
VB
command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders, prescribe, set, appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition, bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct, require at the hands of, exact, impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to, revendicate, reclaim, cite, summon, call for, send for, subpoena, beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order,
give the word of command,
give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command, remand, be ordered, receive an order.