| 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: |
absolutist, arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, monocratic, preeminent, sovereign, supreme, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous |
Antonyms: |
accountable, complaisant, compliant, restricted, submissive, yielding |
| Main Entry: | arbitrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial |
Synonyms: |
absolute, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dogmatic, domineering, downright, flat out, high-handed, imperious, magisterial, monocratic, no ifs ands or buts, no joke, overbearing, peremptory, straight out, summary, tyrannical, tyrannous |
Antonyms: |
democratic |
| 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: | autocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holding power exclusively |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all-powerful, arbitrary, bossy, czarlike, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, driving, imperious, monocratic, pushing, tyrannical, tyrannous |
Antonyms: |
democratic |
| Main Entry: | bossy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, iron-handed, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical |
| Main Entry: | dictatorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tyrannical, authoritarian |
Synonyms: |
absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, crack-the-whip, despotic, dictative, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, iron-handed, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, throwing weight around, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted |
Antonyms: |
democratic, docile, passive |
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial, opinionated |
Synonyms: |
arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, bigoted, bullheaded, categorical, cocksure, confident, definite, despotic, determined, dictative, doctrinaire, domineering, downright, egotistical, emphatic, fanatical, fascistic, formal, high and mighty, imperious, intolerant, magisterial, narrow-minded, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, overbearing, peremptory, pigheaded, prejudiced, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, tyrannical, unequivocal, wrong-headed |
Antonyms: |
amenable, doubting, flexible, indecisive, manageable, obedient, questioning, skeptical, submissive |
| Main Entry: | dominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior, controlling |
Synonyms: |
ascendant, assertive, authoritative, bossy, chief, commanding, demonstrative, despotic, domineering, effective, first, foremost, governing, imperative, imperious, leading, main, obtaining, outweighing, overbalancing, overbearing, overweighing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, preponderant, presiding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, reigning, ruling, sovereign, supreme, surpassing, transcendent |
Antonyms: |
humble, inferior, modest, reserved, retiring, unaggressive, unassuming, uncontrolling |
| Main Entry: | domineering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, authoritarian |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, autocratic, bossy, coercive, crack the whip, despotic, dictatorial, egotistic, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, in driver's seat, insolent, iron-handed, on high horse, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical |
Antonyms: |
submissive, surrendering, yielding |