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| 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 |
| Main Entry: | domineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppress; assume authority |
| Synonyms: | be in the saddle, bend, bluster, boss around*, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully*, call the shots*, dominate, hector, henpeck*, in the driver's seat, intimidate, keep under thumb, kick around*, lead by the nose, menace, overbear, predominate, preponderate, prevail, push the buttons, reign, rule, rule the roost*, run the show, run things, swagger, threaten, throw weight around, tyrannize |
| Antonyms: | follow, submit, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrogant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all*, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, vain, wise guy*, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, servile, unconceited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assertive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, certain, confident, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, firm, forceful, forward, insistent, militant, overbearing, positive, pushy, self-assured, self-confident, strong-willed, sure |
| Antonyms: | diffident, quiet, shy, unconfident |
| Main Entry: | assuming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | presumptuous, arrogant |
| Synonyms: | bold, conceited, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, forward, haughty, imperious, overbearing, pushy, rude |
| Antonyms: | doubting, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | autocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holding power exclusively |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, driving, imperious, pushing, tyrannical, all-powerful, czarlike, monocratic, tyrannous |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
| Main Entry: | dictatorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tyrannical, authoritarian |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted, crack-the-whip, dictative, iron-handed, throwing weight around |
| Antonyms: | democratic, docile, passive |
| Main Entry: | fanatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, burning*, contumacious, credulous, devoted, dogmatic, domineering, enthusiastic, erratic, extreme, fervent, feverish, fiery, frenzied, headstrong, immoderate, impassioned, impulsive, incorrigible, infatuated, mad, narrow-minded, obsessed, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, passionate, possessed, prejudiced, rabid, radical, raving, single-minded, stubborn, unruly, violent, visionary, wild, willful, zealous, bugged, high on, monomaniacal, nuts for, obsessive, turned on |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unenthusiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imperious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bossy, overbearing |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, commanding, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannical, compulsatory, tyrannous |
| Notes: | imperial pertains to the qualities of power and royalty; imperious implies that someone is overbearing or domineering |
| Antonyms: | fawning, helpless, humble, obedient, servile, subservient, weak |
| Main Entry: | peremptory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overbearing, authoritative |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, assertive, autocratic, binding, bossy, categorical, certain, commanding, compelling, decided, decisive, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, final, finished, firm, fixed, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, incontrovertible, intolerant, irrefutable, magisterial, obligatory, obstinate, positive, rigorous, severe, stringent, tyrannical, uncompromising, undeniable |
| Antonyms: | indulgent, laid-back, lax, lenient, mild, moderate, easy-going |
| 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: | magisterial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | autocratic, domineering, egotistic, imperious, masterful, pompous |
| Main Entry: | dogmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial, opinionated |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, bigoted, bullheaded*, categorical, cocksure*, confident, definite, despotic, determined, doctrinaire, domineering, downright, emphatic, fanatical, formal, high and mighty*, imperious, intolerant, magisterial, narrow-minded, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, overbearing, peremptory, pigheaded*, prejudiced, stubborn, tenacious, tyrannical, unequivocal, dictative, egotistical, fascistic, stiff-necked, wrong-headed |
| Antonyms: | amenable, doubting, flexible, indecisive, manageable, obedient, questioning, skeptical, submissive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dominant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior, controlling |
| Synonyms: | assertive, authoritative, bossy, chief, commanding, demonstrative, despotic, domineering, effective, first, foremost, governing, imperative, imperious, leading, main, overbearing, paramount, powerful, predominant, predominate, preeminent, preponderant, presiding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, regnant, reigning, ruling, sovereign, supreme, transcendent, ascendant, obtaining, outweighing, overbalancing, overweighing, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | humble, inferior, modest, reserved, retiring, unassuming, unaggressive, uncontrolling |
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
| Synonyms: | bold, brassy*, cheeky*, cocky*, come on*, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy*, pushing, pushy, sassy, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous, assertory, get up and go, go after, shooting from the hip, smart alecky |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, laid-back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arbitrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | absolute, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dogmatic, domineering, downright, flat out*, high-handed, imperious, magisterial, overbearing, peremptory, summary, tyrannical, monocratic, no ifs ands or buts, no joke, straight out, tyrannous |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, autocratic, bidding, bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dominant, domineering, harsh, high-handed, imperial, imperious, overbearing, peremptory, powerful, stern, ordering |
| Antonyms: | discretionary, free, unrestrained, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | proud |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, self-important |
| Synonyms: | bloated, boastful, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high-handed*, huffy*, imperious, insolent, lofty, narcissistic, ostentatious, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, scornful, self-satisfied, snobbish, snooty*, stuck-up*, supercilious, superior, vain, vainglorious, dismissive, egotistical, high-and-mighty*, puffed up, sniffy |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, harsh |
| Synonyms: | acute, arduous, ascetic, austere, bitter, bleak, consequential, critical, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, distressing, domineering, drastic, exacting, extreme, fierce, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, intense, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, punishing, rigorous, rugged, serious, sharp, sore, strenuous, stringent, taxing, toilsome, tough, tyrannical, unpleasant, unrelenting, violent, weighty, wicked, effortful |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, facile, mild, temperate |
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze*, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor*, vaunt, yap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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