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overbearing - 20 thesaurus results
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: arrogant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having exaggerated self-opinion
Synonyms: aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all*, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, vain, wise guy*, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering
Antonyms: humble, meek, servile, unconceited
Main Entry: assertive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aggressive
Synonyms: absolute, assured, certain, confident, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, firm, forceful, forward, insistent, militant, overbearing, positive, pushy, self-assured, self-confident, strong-willed, sure
Antonyms: diffident, quiet, shy, unconfident
Main Entry: assuming
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: presumptuous, arrogant
Synonyms: bold, conceited, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, forward, haughty, imperious, overbearing, pushy, rude
Antonyms: doubting, unassuming
Main Entry: bossy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: domineering
Synonyms: authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical, iron-handed
Main Entry: cavalier
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant
Synonyms: condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, overbearing, proud, scornful, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, high-and-mighty*
Antonyms: humble, reticent, shy
Main Entry: dictatorial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tyrannical, authoritarian
Synonyms: absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted, crack-the-whip, dictative, iron-handed, throwing weight around
Antonyms: democratic, docile, passive
Main Entry: disdainful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: scornful
Synonyms: aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemptuous, cool, derisive, egotistic, haughty, hoity-toity*, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, sneering, snooty*, supercilious, superior, unsympathetic, uppity*, contemning, despising, high-and-mighty*, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, toplofty
Antonyms: loving, respectful, esteemable, favoring, praising
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: haughty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant
Synonyms: assuming, cavalier*, conceited, contemptuous, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, high, high and mighty*, hoity-toity*, imperious, indifferent, lofty, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved, scornful, snobbish, snooty*, snotty*, stuck-up*, supercilious, superior, uppity*, egotistical, on high horse, sniffy
Antonyms: humble, meek, shy, timid
Main Entry: highfalutin
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pompous
Synonyms: arrogant, boastful, conceited, flaunting, grandiose, high and mighty*, important, lofty, ostentatious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, puffy, self-centered, stuck-up*, swanky, uppity*, vain, puffed up
Main Entry: high-handed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: domineering
Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, bossy, dictatorial, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical, ironhanded
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: opinionated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: believing very strongly and conveying it
Synonyms: adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded*, cocksure*, cocky*, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard-line*, high-handed, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, oracular, overbearing, pigheaded*, positive, pragmatic, prejudiced, self-assertive, single-minded, stubborn, uncompromising, unyielding, locked in, pragmatical, set in stone, set-on, tilted, weighted
Antonyms: indifferent, open-minded, compromising
Main Entry: paramount
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: principal, superior
Synonyms: capital, cardinal, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, eminent, first, foremost, leading, main, outstanding, overbearing, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevalent, primary, prime, regnant, sovereign, supreme, ascendant, headmost
Notes: paramount means 'primary, top'; tantamount means 'equivalent to, same as'; paramount first meant 'highest in jurisdiction'
Antonyms: inferior, last, least, less, lesser, lowest, minor, secondary, trivial, smallest
Main Entry: self-important
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: conceited
Synonyms: arrogant, cocky, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, smug, vain, vainglorious, bigheaded, egotistical, full of hot air, puffed up, stuck up, swollen-headed
Main Entry: snobbish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stuck-up, conceited
Synonyms: aloof, arrogant, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-flown*, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, persnickety*, pompous, pretentious, remote, snippy*, snooty*, snotty*, supercilious, superior, swanky, uppity*, high-and-mighty*, high-hat*, putting on airs, sniffy, tony, uppish
Antonyms: benevolent, friendly, generous, sociable, accepting, welcoming
Main Entry: sovereign
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dominant, effective
Synonyms: absolute, autonomous, chief, commanding, effectual, efficacious, excellent, highest, imperial, independent, lofty, majestic, overbearing, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevalent, principal, regal, regnant, reigning, royal, ruling, supreme, unlimited, ascendant, directing, guiding, monarchal, monarchial, self-governed
Antonyms: inferior, submissive, subservient
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