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| Main Entry: | tyrannical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despotic, oppressive |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, autocratic, brutal, cruel, demanding, dictatorial, domineering, harsh, heavy-handed*, mean, overbearing, ruthless, totalitarian, tough, unjust, ironhanded*, repressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| 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: | autocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holding power exclusively |
| Synonyms: | absolute, arbitrary, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, driving, imperious, pushing, tyrannical, all-powerful, czarlike, monocratic, tyrannous |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
| 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: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked, brutish, demoniac, hard-hearted, inhumane, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| 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, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical, ironhanded |
| Main Entry: | imperious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bossy, overbearing |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, commanding, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannical, compulsatory, tyrannous |
| Antonyms: | fawning, helpless, humble, obedient, servile, subservient, weak |
| 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: | remorseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without guilt in spite of wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, barbarous, bloody, callous, cruel, fierce, forbidding, greedy, grim, hard, hardened, harsh, impenitent, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, murderous, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, rigorous, ruthless, savage, shameless, sour, tough, tyrannical, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unyielding, vindictive, hard-bitten, hard-hearted, inhumane, sanguinary, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unregenerate, unremitting, unrepenting |
| Antonyms: | ashamed, guilty, remorseful, sad, sorry |
| Main Entry: | totalitarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, communist*, despotic, monolithic, oppressive, total, tyrannical, Nazi, fascistic, one-party, totalistic, undemocratic |
| Antonyms: | democratic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, oppressive, tyrannical |
| 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: | oppressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelming, repressive |
| Synonyms: | backbreaking*, bleak, brutal, burdensome, confining, cruel, demanding, depressing, despotic, dictatorial, discouraging, dismal, exacting, exigent, gloomy, grievous, grinding, harsh, headache*, heavy, heavy-handed*, hefty, inhuman, mean, onerous, overbearing, severe, somber, taxing, tough, troublesome, tyrannical, unjust, weighty, depressive, disheartening, dispiriting, ironhanded*, rough going, superincumbent |
| Antonyms: | calm, gentle, relieving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in control or complete authority |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, preeminent, sovereign, supreme, totalitarian, tyrannical, absolutist, monocratic, tyrannous |
| Antonyms: | accountable, complaisant, compliant, restricted, submissive, yielding |
| 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: | inclement |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, merciless |
| Synonyms: | callous, draconian, harsh, intemperate, pitiless, rigorous, ruthless, savage, severe, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unmerciful |
| Antonyms: | kind, merciful, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | severe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, harsh |
| Synonyms: | acute, arduous, ascetic, austere, bitter, bleak, consequential, critical, dangerous, dear, demanding, despotic, distressing, domineering, drastic, exacting, extreme, fierce, forbidding, grave, grim, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, implacable, inclement, intemperate, intense, mordant, oppressive, overbearing, pitiless, punishing, rigorous, rugged, serious, sharp, sore, strenuous, stringent, taxing, toilsome, tough, tyrannical, unpleasant, unrelenting, violent, weighty, wicked, effortful |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, facile, mild, temperate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | harshness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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