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authoritarian - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | authoritarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authoritative, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, disciplinarian, doctrinaire, dogmatic, harsh, imperious, magisterial, rigid, severe, strict, totalitarian, tyrannical, unyielding |
| Notes: | authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect |
| Antonyms: | democratic, liberal |
| Main Entry: | authoritarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domineering person |
| Synonyms: | autocrat, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, tyrant, absolutist |
| Main Entry: | autocrat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictator |
| Synonyms: | Fascist, authoritarian, despot, overlord, totalitarian, tyrant, Caesar*, Hitler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bossy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical, iron-handed |
| Main Entry: | dictator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute ruler |
| Synonyms: | adviser, authoritarian, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, disciplinarian, fascist, leader, magnate, mogul, oppressor, ringleader, totalitarian, tycoon, tyrant, Hitler, absolutist, oligarch, slavedriver, usurper |
| Main Entry: | disciplinarian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who makes others work hard |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, bully, despot, master, stickler, teacher, trainer, tyrant, drill sergeant, enforcer, formalist, sergeant, strict teacher, sundowner |
| Main Entry: | doctrinaire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dogmatic, opinionated |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded*, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded*, rigid, speculative, stubborn, unrealistic, dictative, stiff-necked* |
| Antonyms: | amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fascist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictator |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, autocrat, totalitarian, tyrant, Nazi |
| Main Entry: | high-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, dictatorial, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical, ironhanded |
| Main Entry: | high-powered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerful |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, authoritative, commanding, controlling, dominant, dynamic, effective, effectual, forceful, forcible, influential, mighty, potent, robust, ruling, strong, supreme, weighty, in control, in the saddle |
| Main Entry: | martinet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disciplinarian |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, bully, despot, stickler, taskmaster, tyrant, drill sergeant, drillmaster, enforcer, hard master, slavedriver |
| Main Entry: | oppressor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tyrant |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, martinet, slave driver, taskmaster, absolute ruler, persecutor |
| Main Entry: | powerful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, effective |
| Synonyms: | able, almighty, authoritarian, authoritative, capable, cogent, commanding, compelling, competent, controlling, convincing, dominant, dynamic, effectual, efficacious, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, influential, mighty, omnipotent, paramount, persuasive, potent, preeminent, prevailing, robust, ruling, sovereign, stalwart, strapping*, sturdy, supreme, telling, upper hand*, vigorous, weighty, wicked*, all-powerful, in control, in the saddle, overruling, puissant, strengthy, wieldy |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, ineffective, unable, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | totalitarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, communist*, despotic, monolithic, oppressive, total, tyrannical, Nazi, fascistic, one-party, totalistic, undemocratic |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tyrannical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despotic, oppressive |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, autocratic, brutal, cruel, demanding, dictatorial, domineering, harsh, heavy-handed*, mean, overbearing, ruthless, totalitarian, tough, unjust, ironhanded*, repressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tyrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who dictates, oppresses |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, autocrat, bully, despot, dictator, martinet, oppressor, slave driver*, Hitler, Stalin, absolute ruler, absolutist, inquisitor |
| Antonyms: | democrat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, oppressive, tyrannical |
| Main Entry: | absolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in control or complete authority |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, preeminent, sovereign, supreme, totalitarian, tyrannical, absolutist, monocratic, tyrannous |
| Antonyms: | accountable, complaisant, compliant, restricted, submissive, yielding |
| Main Entry: | authoritative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
| Synonyms: | assertive, authoritarian, autocratic, commanding, confident, decisive, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, dominating, imperative, imperious, imposing, masterly, officious, peremptory, self-assured |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | based on absolute truth |
| Synonyms: | a priori, assertive, authoritarian, authoritative, axiomatic, canonical, categorical, deducible, derivable, doctrinaire, eternal, formal, imperative, inevitable, oracular, orthodox, peremptory, positive, pragmatic, prophetic, systematic, theoretical, unchangeable, unerring, unqualified, as a matter of course, by fiat, by natural law, by nature, deductive, doctrinal, excathedra, on faith, reasoned |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indecisive, uncertain, vacillating, fluctuating, not positive |
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