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despotic
Synonyms and Antonyms of despotic
1
exercising power or authority without interference by others
absolute, arbitrary, autocratic (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist), dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
2
fond of ordering people around
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic (also autocratical), bossy, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
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
commanding, controlling, dictating, regimental
arbitrary, high-handed, imperial
aggressive, assertive, self-assertive
conceited, narcissistic, pompous, vain
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