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Synonyms & Antonyms of despotic
1
exercising power or authority without interference by others
- a nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last
Synonyms for despotic
- absolute,
- arbitrary,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- czarist
- (also tsarist or tzarist),
- dictatorial,
- monocratic,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
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2
fond of ordering people around
- the despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question
Synonyms for despotic
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- bossy,
- dictatorial,
- domineering,
- imperious,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- peremptory,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
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- 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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“Despotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despotic. Accessed 13 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of despotic was in 1604
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