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Synonyms & Antonyms of bossy
fond of ordering people around
- I don't want to work with him because he's so bossy and always runs roughshod over me
Synonyms for bossy
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- domineering,
- imperious,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- peremptory,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
Words Related to bossy
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- disdainful,
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-hat,
- huffy,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- proud,
- self-asserting,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
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“Bossy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bossy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of bossy was in 1543
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