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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, celebrated |
| Synonyms: | august, capital, chief, commanding, dignified, distinguished, eminent, exalted, excellent, famed, famous, fine, glorious, grand, heroic, high-minded, highly regarded, honorable, idealistic, illustrious, impressive, leading, lofty, magnanimous, main, major, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, primary, principal, prominent, puissant, regal, remarkable, renowned, royal, stately, sublime, superior, superlative, talented |
| Antonyms: | infamous, insignificant, powerless, uncelebrated, undignified, unimportant, unknown, weak |
| Main Entry: | imperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, autocratic, bidding, bossy, commanding, dictatorial, dominant, domineering, harsh, high-handed, imperial, imperious, ordering, overbearing, peremptory, powerful, stern |
| Antonyms: | discretionary, free, unrestrained, voluntary |
| 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: | imposing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressive |
| Synonyms: | august, big, commanding, dignified, effective, exciting, grand, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, massive, mega, mind-blowing*, monumental, moving, noble, ominous, one for the book, overblown, overwhelming, pretentious, regal, royal, something else, something to write home about, stately, stirring, striking, towering |
| Antonyms: | common, modest, ordinary, poor, subordinate, trivial, unimportant, unimposing, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lofty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grand, stately |
| Synonyms: | arresting, benevolent, big, chivalrous, commanding, considerate, dignified, distinguished, elevated, exalted, generous, great, illustrious, imposing, magnanimous, majestic, noble, renowned, striking, sublime, superb, superior, utopian, visionary |
| Antonyms: | below, beneath, humble, low, modest, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | magnificent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | glorious, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | arresting, august, brilliant, chivalric, commanding, elegant, elevated, exalted, excellent, fine, glittering, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, high-minded, imperial, imposing, impressive, lavish, lofty, luxurious, magnanimous, magnific, majestic, noble, opulent, outstanding, palatial, plush, pompous, posh, proud, radiant, regal, resplendent, rich, royal, smashing, splendid, standout, stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb, superior, superlative, swanky, towering, transcendent |
| Notes: | magnificent means characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; magniloquent means lofty and extravagant in speech |
| Antonyms: | bad, offensive, poor, ugly |
| Main Entry: | mandatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | required, necessary |
| Synonyms: | binding, commanding, compelling, compulsatory, compulsory, de rigueur, essential, forced, imperative, imperious, indispensable, involuntary, irremissible, needful, obligatory, requisite |
| Antonyms: | optional, unnecessary, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | paramount |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, superior |
| Synonyms: | ascendant, capital, cardinal, chief, commanding, controlling, crowning, dominant, eminent, first, foremost, headmost, leading, main, outstanding, overbearing, predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevalent, primary, prime, regnant, sovereign, supreme |
| 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, smallest, trivial |
| 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: | easy-going, indulgent, laid-back, lax, lenient, mild, moderate |
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