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Synonyms & Antonyms of dictating
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as in commanding, controlling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for dictating
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- disdainful,
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-hat,
- huffy,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- proud,
- self-asserting,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- bossy,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- domineering,
- imperious,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- peremptory,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for dictating
dictating
verb
present participle of dictate
Synonyms & Antonyms of dictating (Entry 2 of 2)
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
- dictated that the terms of surrender be negotiated by his senior staff
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“Dictating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictating. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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