Meanings
nouncontrol freak (plural control freaks)
plural control freaks
- informalA person who is excessively controlling and domineering.
- informalA tyrant or manipulator.
Origin
From control + freak. First use appears c. 1970 in the Los Angeles Times.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch regelneef
- regelneefperson who is excessively controlling
Finnish kontrollifriikki
- kontrollifriikkiperson who is excessively controlling
German Kontrollfreak
- Kontrollfreakperson who is excessively controlling
Hungarian kontrollmániás, irányításmániás
- kontrollmániásperson who is excessively controlling
- irányításmániásperson who is excessively controlling
- hatalommániásperson who is excessively controlling
- uralkodni akaró emberperson who is excessively controlling
- akarnokperson who is excessively controlling
Norwegian Bokmål kontrollfreak, kontrollfrik
- kontrollfreakperson who is excessively controlling
- kontrollfrikperson who is excessively controlling
Polish osoba apodyktyczna
- osoba apodyktycznaperson who is excessively controlling
Spanish controlador, controladora
- controladorperson who is excessively controlling
- controladoraperson who is excessively controlling
- friki del controlperson who is excessively controlling
- friki controladorperson who is excessively controlling
- controlador obsesivoperson who is excessively controlling
Turkish kontrol delisi
- kontrol delisiperson who is excessively controlling
Cite this entry
APA
control freak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20freak
MLA
“control freak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20freak. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “control freak,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20freak.
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