| Main Entry: | imperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
Synonyms: |
acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, essential, exigent, immediate, important, importunate, indispensable, inescapable, insistent, instant, no turning back, obligatory, pressing, urgent, vital |
Antonyms: |
inessential, optional, secondary, unnecessary, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | imperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, autocratic, bidding, bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dominant, domineering, harsh, high-handed, imperial, imperious, ordering, overbearing, peremptory, powerful, stern |
Antonyms: |
discretionary, free, unrestrained, voluntary |
| 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 |
| Notes: | authoritarian is tyrannical while authoritative commands respect |
Antonyms: |
democratic |
| Main Entry: | binding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
Synonyms: |
bounden, compulsory, conclusive, counted upon, essential, imperative, incumbent on, indissoluble, irrevocable, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite, unalterable |
| Main Entry: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
acute, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying, dire, essential, exigent, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing, significant, urgent, vital |
Antonyms: |
unimportant |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
Synonyms: |
act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | compulsory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | binding |
Synonyms: |
compulsatory, de rigueur, forced, imperative, imperious, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, required, requisite |
Antonyms: |
free, liberalized, liberated, optional, unstipulated, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | crucial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | critical, important |
Synonyms: |
acute, central, clamorous, climacteric, climatic, compelling, deciding, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, hanging by thread, high-priority, imperative, insistent, momentous, necessary, on thin ice, pivotal, pressing, searching, showdown, touch and go, touchy, urgent, vital |
Antonyms: |
inessential, trivial, uncritical, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | decisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all out, assured, bent, certain, conclusive, crisp, critical, crucial, decided, definitive, determined, fateful, final, firm, flat out, forceful, imperative, imperious, incisive, influential, intent, litmus test, momentous, peremptory, positive, resolute, resolved, set, settled, significant, straight out, strong-minded, trenchant |
Antonyms: |
indecisive, indefinite, procrastinating, unpositive |
| 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 |