domineering

Main Entry:
domineering [dom-uh-neer-ing]
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: aggressive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: assertive
Synonyms: assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous
Antonyms: complaisant, laid-back
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: arrogant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having exaggerated self-opinion
Synonyms: aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy
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: 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: dictatorial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tyrannical, authoritarian
Synonyms: absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, crack-the-whip, despotic, dictative, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, iron-handed, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, throwing weight around, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted
Antonyms: democratic, docile, passive
Main Entry: dogmatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dictatorial, opinionated
Synonyms: arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, bigoted, bullheaded, categorical, cocksure, confident, definite, despotic, determined, dictative, doctrinaire, domineering, downright, egotistical, emphatic, fanatical, fascistic, formal, high and mighty, imperious, intolerant, magisterial, narrow-minded, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, overbearing, peremptory, pigheaded, prejudiced, stiff-necked, stubborn, tenacious, tyrannical, unequivocal, wrong-headed
Antonyms: amenable, doubting, flexible, indecisive, manageable, obedient, questioning, skeptical, submissive
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