Definition of Control freak

1. Noun. Someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people.

Generic synonyms: Compulsive

Definition of Control freak

1. Noun. A person who is excessively controlling and domineering. ¹

2. Noun. A tyrant or manipulator. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Control Freak

control board
control brief
control briefs
control center
control character
control chart
control charts
control circuit
control code
control codes
control condition
control coupling
control couplings
control element
control experiment
control freak
control freaks
control function
control gene
control grid
control group
control joint
control key
control keys
control limit
control mechanism
control mechanisms
control operation
control order
control orders

Literary usage of Control freak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"However, he didn't take well to supervision - actually, the man was more than a little bit of a control freak - and so he and a band of followers split off ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"More than anyone else, his drive and precision and control-freak nature opened BC to exploration. He was of a generation of explorers that simply doesn't ..."

3. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"More than anyone else, his drive and precision and control-freak nature opened BC to exploration. He was of a generation of explorers that simply doesn't ..."

4. Eternally Yours: Time in Design : Product, Value, Sustenance by Ed van Hinte (2004)
"If you are a control freak you might use a third option, which is an overview of three different bus routes at three different stops. ..."

5. Globalistan: How the Globalized World Is Dissolving Into Liquid War by Pepe Escobar (2007)
"Today this is the main base of domination and the main factor of social divisions." We all know how the process is also leading to a control freak horror ..."

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