| Main Entry: | tyrannous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute |
Synonyms: |
absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, autarchic, autarchical, authoritarian, autocratic, autocratical, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, monocratic, preeminent, sovereign, supreme, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical |
| Main Entry: | absolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in control or complete authority |
Synonyms: |
absolutist, arbitrary, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous, despotic, dictatorial, full, monocratic, preeminent, sovereign, supreme, totalitarian, tyrannical, 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, monocratic, no ifs ands or buts, no joke, overbearing, peremptory, straight out, summary, tyrannical, tyrannous |
Antonyms: |
democratic |
| Main Entry: | autocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holding power exclusively |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all-powerful, arbitrary, bossy, czarlike, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, driving, imperious, monocratic, pushing, tyrannical, tyrannous |
Antonyms: |
democratic |
| Main Entry: | imperious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bossy, overbearing |
Synonyms: |
arrogant, authoritative, autocratic, commanding, compulsatory, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, exacting, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, mandatory, obligatory, oppressive, overweening, peremptory, required, tyrannical, tyrannous |
| Notes: | imperial pertains to the qualities of power and royalty; imperious implies that someone is overbearing or domineering |
Antonyms: |
fawning, helpless, humble, obedient, servile, subservient, weak |
| Main Entry: | lawless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reckless, ungoverned |
Synonyms: |
anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, bad, barbarous, chaotic, contumacious, criminal, despotic, disobedient, disordered, disorderly, evil, fierce, heterodox, infringing, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, nihilistic, noncompliant, nonconformist, piratical, rebellious, recusant, revolutionary, riotous, savage, seditious, tempestuous, terrorizing, traitorous, turbulent, tyrannous, uncivilized, uncultivated, unorthodox, unpeaceful, unrestrained, unruly, untamed, violent, warlike, wild |
Antonyms: |
governed, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, proper, rightful, valid |
| Main Entry: | undisputed/undisputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | positive, accepted |
Synonyms: |
acknowledged, admitted, arbitrary, assured, authoritative, beyond question, certain, conclusive, decided, dogmatic, final, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, not disputed, recognized, sure, tyrannous, unchallenged, uncontested, undeniable, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unquestioned |
Antonyms: |
disputable, disputed, doubtful, dubious, negative, uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | unmerciful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel |
Synonyms: |
bestial, bloodthirsty, brutal, coldhearted, hard, heartless, hurtful, implacable, inhumane, merciless, monstrous, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, tyrannous, uncaring, unfeeling, unpitying, unrelenting, unsparing, vengeful, vindictive |
Antonyms: |
generous, kind, merciful, nice |
| Main Entry: | undisputed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accepted |
Synonyms: |
acknowledged, admitted, arbitrary, assured, authoritative, beyond question, certain, conclusive, decided, dogmatic, final, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, not disputed, positive, recognized, sure, tyrannous, unchallenged, uncontested, undeniable, undisputable, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unquestioned |
Antonyms: |
disputable, disputed, doubtful, dubious |
| Main Entry: | autarchic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute |
Synonyms: |
absolutistic, autarchical, authoritarian, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, iron-handed, monarchical, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous |