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dictatorial

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dictatorial

1 exercising power or authority without interference by others

a dictatorial leader with total control over people's lives

Synonyms of dictatorial

absolute, arbitrary, autocratic (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist), despotic, monocratic, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous

Words Related to dictatorial

authoritarian, jackbooted, oppressive, totalitarian

antidemocratic, antirepublican

high-handed, magisterial

domineering, imperious, masterful

all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent

autonomous, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign (also sovran)

unconditional, unlimited

Near Antonyms of dictatorial

circumscribed, restrained, restricted

constitutional, lawful

democratic, republican

Antonyms of dictatorial

2 fond of ordering people around

no surprise that the dictatorial manager is highly unpopular among employees

Synonyms of dictatorial

authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic (also autocratical), bossy, despotic, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous

Words Related to dictatorial

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

directorial, magisterial

aggressive, assertive, self-assertive

conceited, narcissistic, pompous, vain

all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent

Near Antonyms of dictatorial

humble, meek, modest, unassuming

amenable, docile, obedient, tractable

indecisive, irresolute

acquiescent, compliant, passive, resigned, submissive, yielding

3 having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity

even the teachers chafed under the dictatorial rule of the principal

Synonyms of dictatorial

arbitrary, high-handed, imperious, peremptory, willful (or wilful)

Words Related to dictatorial

arrogant, commanding, demanding, dominant, domineering, haughty, imperative, lordly, masterful, overbearing, presumptuous

authoritarian, autocratic (also autocratical), despotic, totalitarian, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous

capricious, changeable, erratic, inconsistent, mercurial, whimsical

biased, inequitable, partisan, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust, unrealistic, unreasonable

unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

Near Antonyms of dictatorial

balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair, impartial, just, nonpartisan, objective

rational, reasonable, understanding

unbiased, unprejudiced

ethical, honorable, irreproachable, law-abiding, moral, principled, unimpeachable

Synonym Discussion of dictatorial

dictatorial, magisterial, dogmatic, doctrinaire, oracular mean imposing one's will or opinions on others. dictatorial stresses autocratic, high-handed methods and a domineering manner.

- exercised dictatorial control over the office

magisterial stresses assumption or use of prerogatives appropriate to a magistrate or schoolmaster in forcing acceptance of one's opinions.

- the magisterial tone of his pronouncements

dogmatic implies being unduly and offensively positive in laying down principles and expressing opinions.

- dogmatic about what is art and what is not

doctrinaire implies a disposition to follow abstract theories in framing laws or policies affecting people.

- a doctrinaire approach to improving the economy

oracular implies the manner of one who delivers opinions in cryptic phrases or with pompous dogmatism.

- a designer who is the oracular voice of fashion

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