Synonyms for governed
gov·erned

Princeton's WordNet

1. governednoun

   the body of people who are citizens of a particular government

   "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed"--Declaration of Independence

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1. • Citizenry

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1. List of paraphrases for "governed":

   regulated, régie, ruled, covered, guided, old, governance, controlled, managed, administered, ramq, headed, driven

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1. Paul Ryan:

   The Office will continue to be governed by a bipartisan independent outside board with ultimate decision-making authority. The Office is still expected to take in complaints of wrongdoing from the public. It will still investigate them thoroughly and independently. And the outside board will still decide whether or not evidence exists to warrant a full investigation by the House Ethics Committee. With the amendment adopted last night, the bipartisan, evenly-divided House Ethics Committee will now have oversight of the complaints office. But the Office is not controlled by the Committee.

2. Raoul Vaneigem:

   Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.

3. Zin Mi Mi Aung:

   We don’t want to be governed by the regime, we will fight against them until we win.

4. Chris Christie:

   I first met him when I was a college student — my wife and I went to the University of Delaware and met him — I’ve known him for a long time, but I think his presidency has been an abject failure, and a failure because of the decisions he’s made, and he has not governed the way he promised he would in the campaign.

5. Benjamin Franklin:

   Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.