Words that rhyme with governing

• burning 0
  adj 1: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day" n 1: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: burning, combustion] 2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn, burning] 3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light [syn: combustion, burning] 4: execution by electricity [syn: electrocution, burning] 5: execution by fire [syn: burning, burning at the stake] 6: a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
• churning 0
  adj 1: moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation; "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"; "a car stuck in the churned-up mud" [syn: churning, churned-up] 2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn: churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent]
• comforting 0
  adj 1: providing freedom from worry [syn: comforting, cheering, satisfying] 2: affording comfort or solace [syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]
• discerning 0
  adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant: undiscerning] 2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet] 3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning] 4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"
• govern 0
  v 1: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate] 2: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct" 3: exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?" [syn: govern, rule] 4: require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
• ironing 0
  n 1: garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do" 2: the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
• learning 0
  n 1: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: learning, acquisition] 2: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
• returning 0
  adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning, reverting] 2: tending to be turned back [syn: returning(a), reversive]
• turning 0
  n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning] 2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years" 3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe 4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [syn: turning, turn] 5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe 6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe
• underling 0
  n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier]
• wondering 0
  adj 1: showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)]
• yearning 0
  n 1: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness]
• hovering 1
• adjourning 0
• concerning 0
• earning 0
• hustling 0
• interning 0
• overturning 0
• patterning 0
• spurning 0
• upturning 0
• kerning 0
• relearning 0
• unlearning 0
• misgoverning 0

See also governing definition and governing synonyms