| 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: | high-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, dictatorial, imperious, ironhanded, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical |
| Main Entry: | oppressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelming, repressive |
Synonyms: |
backbreaking, bleak, brutal, burdensome, confining, cruel, demanding, depressing, depressive, despotic, dictatorial, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, exacting, exigent, gloomy, grievous, grinding, harsh, headache, heavy, heavy-handed, hefty, inhuman, ironhanded, mean, onerous, overbearing, rough going, severe, somber, superincumbent, taxing, tough, troublesome, tyrannical, unjust, weighty |
Antonyms: |
calm, gentle, relieving |
| Main Entry: | rigorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe; exact |
Synonyms: |
accurate, ascetic, austere, bitter, brutal, burdensome, correct, definite, dogmatic, exacting, hard, harsh, inclement, inflexible, intemperate, ironhanded, meticulous, nice, onerous, oppressive, precise, proper, punctilious, right, rigid, rugged, scrupulous, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, uncompromising, unpermissive |
| Notes: | rigorous means demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; vigorous means strong and active physically or mentally |
Antonyms: |
easy, easy-going, lax, lenient, loose, mild |
| 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: | tyrannical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despotic, oppressive |
Synonyms: |
authoritarian, autocratic, brutal, cruel, demanding, dictatorial, domineering, harsh, heavy-handed, ironhanded, mean, overbearing, repressive, ruthless, totalitarian, tough, unjust |
| 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 |