Synonyms of high-handed

high-handed

adjective

1

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

the manager displayed a high-handed demeanor that increasingly demoralized the members of his staff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• cavalier
• superior
• supercilious
• domineering
• high-and-mighty
• bumptious
• haughty
• uppity
• important
• sniffy
• pretentious
• dominant
• assumptive
• pompous
• presumptuous
• masterful
• hifalutin
• imperious
• uppish
• smug
• huffy
• authoritarian
• peremptory
• chesty
• patronizing
• high-hat
• dominating
• overweening
• self-assertive
• lordly
• presuming
• highfalutin
• condescending
• proud
• huffish
• impudent
• toploftical
• stiff-necked
• bossy
• lofty
• self-asserting
• toplofty
• snobbish
• egotistical
• magisterial
• disdainful
• snooty
• pontifical
• boastful
• snobby
• saucy
• bombastic
• cocky
• vainglorious
• egoistical
• conceited
• egocentric
• impertinent
• hubristic
• vain
• swaggering
• narcissistic
• blusterous
• egotistic
• blustery
• egoistic
• complacent
• uninhibited
• self-centered
• pontificating
• prideful
• stuck-up
• immodest
• extraverted
• self-satisfied
• self-complacent
• self-conceited
• brash
• braggy
• braggart
• bragging
• extroverted
• unreserved
• self-promoting
• self-flattering
• self-pleased
• self-affected
• self-loving
• self-applauding
• orgulous
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• timid
• unpretentious
• lowly
• subdued
• bashful
• sheepish
• diffident
• passive
• shy
• introverted
• deferential
• demure
• shrinking
• mousy
• meek
• acquiescent
• submissive
• unassuming
• unobtrusive
• unassertive
• compliant
• unarrogant
• unaggressive
• yielding
• quiet
• mousey
• self-critical
• cringing
• self-doubting
• reserved
• overmodest
• retiring
• cowering

2

as in arbitrary

having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity

that country club tends to be rather high-handed about whom they let in and whom they shut out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arbitrary
• arrogant
• wilful
• authoritarian
• unfair
• unreasonable
• dictatorial
• inconsistent
• imperious
• domineering
• willful
• dominant
• peremptory
• unjust
• haughty
• commanding
• autocratic
• overbearing
• tyrannical
• despotic
• totalitarian
• presumptuous
• capricious
• erratic
• demanding
• partisan
• unequal
• whimsical
• tyrannic
• tyrannous
• unscrupulous
• unprincipled
• mercurial
• inequitable
• imperative
• biased
• masterful
• unrealistic
• unethical
• lordly
• prejudiced
• autocratical
• unconscionable
• changeable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• equitable
• disinterested
• impartial
• fair
• dispassionate
• equal
• reasonable
• balanced
• evenhanded
• objective
• rational
• just
• nonpartisan
• understanding
• moral
• unbiased
• unprejudiced
• honorable
• ethical
• principled
• irreproachable
• unimpeachable
• law-abiding