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magisterial - 15 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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