| Main Entry: | administrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved in managing or using power |
Synonyms: |
authoritative, bureaucratic, central, commanding, controlling, deciding, decisive, departmental, directing, directive, directorial, executive, governing, governmental, in charge, in control, jurisdictional, legislative, managerial, official, organizational, policy-making, presiding, regulative, regulatory, ruling, superintending, supervising, supervisory |
| Main Entry: | authoritative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | official, authorized |
Synonyms: |
administrative, approved, bureaucratic, canonical, departmental, ex cathedra, ex officio, executive, imperial, lawful, legal, legitimate, magisterial, mandatory, ruling, sanctioned, sovereign, supreme |
| Notes: | authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect |
Antonyms: |
democratic |
| Main Entry: | impersonal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, unfriendly |
Synonyms: |
abstract, bureaucratic, businesslike, candid, cold turkey, cold-blooded, colorless, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, emotionless, equal, equitable, fair, formal, impartial, indifferent, inhuman, neutral, nondiscriminatory, objective, poker-faced, remote, straight, strictly business, unbiased, uncolored, unpassioned |
Antonyms: |
friendly, informal, personable, personal, warm |
| Main Entry: | political |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governmental |
Synonyms: |
bureaucratic, civic, constitutional, economical, legislative, official |
| Main Entry: | governmental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | political |
Synonyms: |
administrative, bureaucratic, executive, gubernatorial, legal, legislative, magisterial, official, presidential, regulatory, sovereign, supervisory |
| Main Entry: | managerial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | administrative |
Synonyms: |
authoritative, bureaucratic, central, commanding, controlling, deciding, decisive, departmental, directing, directive, directorial, executive, governing, governmental, in charge, in control, jurisdictional, legislative, ministerial, official, organizational, policy-making, presiding, regulative, regulatory, ruling, superintending, supervising, supervisory |
| Main Entry: | supervisory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | administrative |
Synonyms: |
authoritative, bureaucratic, central, commanding, controlling, deciding, decisive, departmental, directing, directive, directorial, executive, governing, governmental, in charge, in control, jurisdictional, legislative, managerial, ministerial, official, organizational, policy-making, presiding, regulative, regulatory, ruling, superintending, supervising |