| 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: | 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: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising, stern |
Synonyms: |
astringent, austere, biting, caustic, close, cold, cruel, cutting, disapproving, dour, earnest, firm, flinty, forbidding, grave, grim, hard, hard-nosed, harsh, inconsiderate, inexorable, inflexible, iron-handed, obdurate, oppressive, peremptory, pitiless, relentless, resolute, resolved, rigid, satirical, scathing, serious, sober, stern, stiff*, strait-laced, strict, tight-lipped, unalterable, unbending, unchanging, unfeeling, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing |
Antonyms: |
amenable, compromising, easy-going, friendly, willing |
| Main Entry: | autarchic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute |
Synonyms: |
absolutistic, autarchical, authoritarian, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, iron-handed, monarchical, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous |
| Main Entry: | autarchical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute |
Synonyms: |
absolutistic, autarchic, authoritarian, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, iron-handed, monarchical, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous |
| Main Entry: | autocratical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute |
Synonyms: |
absolutistic, autarchic, autarchical, authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, iron-handed, monarchical, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous |