commanding, a. authoritative, [mandatory], [imperative], [dictatorial], [imperious].

commandments, n. pl. The Decalogue. Associated words: Kyrie elesion.

commence, v. [begin].

commend, v. [commit], consign, [intrust]; [praise], extol [recommend].

commendable, a. [praiseworthy], [laudable]. Antonyms: [unpraiseworthy], illaudable.

commendatory, a. [laudatory], [eulogistic].

comment, v. [remark], descant, annotate.

comment, n. [remark], observation; annotation, commentary, [explanation].

commentator, n. annotator, expositor, scholiast, glossarist, postillator.

commerce, n. traffic, [barter], [business], [trading]; intercourse, communication.