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| Main Entry: | magisterial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | autocratic, domineering, egotistic, imperious, masterful, pompous |
| 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: | dignified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic, august, courtly, decorous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, formal, grand, grave, great, highbrow*, highfalutin', imperial, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, nifty*, noble, proud, refined, regal, reserved, respected, solemn, somber, stately, superior, upright |
| Antonyms: | dishonorable, indecorous, undignified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doctrinaire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dogmatic, opinionated |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded*, dictatorial, dogged, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded*, rigid, speculative, stubborn, unrealistic, dictative, stiff-necked* |
| Antonyms: | amenable, flexible, manageable, obedient, submissive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, disrespectful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, arrogant, barefaced, brassy*, brazen, breezy, contemptuous, dictatorial, discourteous, disdainful, flip*, fresh, imperative, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insubordinate, insulting, magisterial, nervy, offensive, overbearing, peremptory, pert, put down, rude, sassy*, saucy*, smart, uncivil, ungracious, contumelious, off-base, out-of-line, procacious, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, humble, modest, polite, respectful, servile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judicial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | legal |
| Synonyms: | administrative, authoritative, constitutional, discriminating, distinguished, equitable, forensic, impartial, judiciary, lawful, magisterial, official, pontifical, regular, statutory, judgelike, juridical, jurisdictional, juristic, legalistic, principled |
| Main Entry: | overbearing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, domineering |
| Synonyms: | autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky*, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high-handed*, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious, oppressive, overweening, paramount, peremptory, predominant, preponderant, prevalent, proud, regnant, snotty*, sovereign, stuffy, supercilious, superior, tyrannical, uppity*, ascendant, high-and-mighty*, sniffy |
| Antonyms: | kind, modest, nice, unassertive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | pompous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, egotistic |
| Synonyms: | affected, bloated, boastful, bombastic, conceited, flatulent, flaunting, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high and mighty*, high-flown*, imperious, important, inflated, magisterial, magniloquent, narcissistic, orotund, ostentatious, overbearing, overblown, pontifical, portentous, presumptuous, pretentious, puffy*, rhetorical, self-centered, self-important, selfish, showy, sonorous, stuck-up*, supercilious, turgid, uppity*, vain, vainglorious, windy*, highfaluting*, puffed up |
| Antonyms: | dull, modest, plain, simple, unassuming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | governing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commanding |
| Synonyms: | absolute, administrative, authoritative, controlling, determining, dominant, dominating, executive, influential, magisterial, regulatory, restraining, ruling, supreme, ascendant, conducting, directing, gubernatorial, guiding, mastering, ordering, overseeing, presidential, superintending, supervisory |
| Antonyms: | powerless, subordinate, tributary |
| Main Entry: | governmental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | political |
| Synonyms: | administrative, executive, legal, legislative, magisterial, official, regulatory, sovereign, bureaucratic, gubernatorial, presidential, supervisory |
| 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: | 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: | stuffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old-fashioned, prim |
| Synonyms: | Victorian*, arrogant, bloated, conventional, dreary, dull, genteel, important, magisterial, musty, narrow-minded, pompous, priggish, prissy, prudish, puffy, puritanical, self-important, staid, stilted, stodgy, straitlaced*, uninteresting, fusty, humorless, prim and proper |
| Antonyms: | current, informal, modern, new |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | authoritative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | official, authorized |
| Synonyms: | administrative, approved, canonical, ex officio, executive, imperial, lawful, legal, legitimate, magisterial, mandatory, ruling, sanctioned, sovereign, supreme, bureaucratic, departmental, ex cathedra |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
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