Synonyms of autocratic

autocratic

adjective

ˌȯ-tə-ˈkra-tik 

variants also autocratical

1

as in oppressive

exercising power or authority without interference by others

democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• oppressive
• tyrannic
• despotic
• tyrannical
• dictatorial
• tsarist
• czarist
• tyrannous
• arbitrary
• authoritarian
• totalitarian
• domineering
• monocratic
• tzarist
• absolute
• antidemocratic
• magisterial
• omnipotent
• all-powerful
• autonomous
• jackbooted
• antirepublican
• imperious
• high-handed
• sovereign
• unconditional
• sovran
• almighty
• unlimited
• masterful
• self-governing
• self-ruling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limited
• constitutional
• democratic
• restricted
• lawful
• restrained
• republican
• circumscribed

2

as in authoritarian

fond of ordering people around

an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• authoritarian
• imperious
• arrogant
• authoritative
• despotic
• tyrannical
• tyrannic
• dictatorial
• domineering
• bossy
• overbearing
• imperial
• tyrannous
• aggressive
• peremptory
• masterful
• supercilious
• haughty
• high-and-mighty
• arbitrary
• uppity
• regimental
• assumptive
• pretentious
• assertive
• important
• disdainful
• controlling
• commanding
• superior
• presumptuous
• magisterial
• overweening
• narcissistic
• lordly
• almighty
• huffy
• directorial
• proud
• high-hat
• high-handed
• omnipotent
• uppish
• all-powerful
• hifalutin
• lofty
• pompous
• dictating
• conceited
• toploftical
• highfalutin
• stern
• toplofty
• self-asserting
• imperative
• fastuous
• vain
• self-assertive
• presuming
• firm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• meek
• obedient
• unassuming
• docile
• amenable
• tractable
• passive
• indecisive
• submissive
• compliant
• irresolute
• yielding
• acquiescent
• resigned

Examples of autocratic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bangladesh’s increasingly autocratic leader, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled the country Monday following weeks of unrest. —Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024

Analysts believe the election may be the the greatest opportunity Venezuelans will have to return the nation to a democratic system after more than 25 years of autocratic socialist rule. —Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 July 2024

Women leaders have also served in support of men leading autocratic governments. —Linda Robinson, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2024

The admirers of Xi may argue that China is creating not just a new world order, but a new model of government (autocratic state development). —Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024