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arbitrary
Synonyms and Antonyms of arbitrary
1
having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity
dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, peremptory, willful (or wilful)
arrogant, commanding, demanding, dominant, domineering, haughty, imperative, lordly, masterful, overbearing, presumptuous
authoritarian, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, totalitarian, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
capricious, changeable, erratic, inconsistent, mercurial, whimsical
biased, inequitable, partisan, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust, unrealistic, unreasonable
2
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
established, fixed, regular, set, stable, steady
arranged, managed, orchestrated, ordered, planned
aware, conscious, deliberate, purposeful, thoughtful, willful (or wilful)
methodical (also methodic), nonrandom, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized
3
exercising power or authority without interference by others
absolute, autocratic (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist), despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
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