Powers that bes

Synonyms for powers that bes
noun system which controls organization

management
ministry
administration
authority

red tape
government
city hall
civil service

directorate
officials
officialdom
beadledom

powers that be
regulatory commission
the Establishment
the system

Synonyms
noun ruling class; bureaucracy

authority
city hall
diehards

conservatives
old guard
established order

powers that be
the system
them

Antonyms

proletariat

Synonyms
noun management, administration

power
ministry
union
authority
state
rule
politics
law
regime
control
regimentation

predominance
executive
supremacy
empire
guidance
governance
regulation
superiority
sovereignty
sway
bureaucracy

direction
jurisdiction
restraint
regency
polity
domination
influence
execution
patronage
supervision
command

dominion
superintendence
Washington
statecraft
presidency
Uncle Sam
political practice
powers-that-be
the feds

Antonyms

weakness
inferiority
submission
anarchy
chaos

coup
insurrection
lawlessness
mutiny
revolt

powerlessness
subservience
opposition
revolution

Synonyms
noun bureaucratic rules

bureaucracy
authority
city hall
government

management
bureaucratic paperwork
official forms
official procedures

officialdom
officialism
paper shuffling
powers that be

proper channels
regulatory commission
the Establishment
the system

Synonyms
noun management hierarchy

hierarchy
establishment
stratification

ruling class
class structure
corridors of power

interests
managerial hierarchy
power elite

powers that be
status system

Synonyms
noun government

control
politics
law
administration
patronage
bureaucracy

direction
jurisdiction
power
ministry
guidance
executive

influence
authority
polity
domination
command
dominion

empire
execution
political practice
powers-that-be
predominanc

Antonyms

incapacity
weakness

surrender
opposition

impotence
yielding