Thesaurus
imperious
Synonyms and Antonyms of imperious
- an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic (also autocratical), bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, 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
- an imperious movie star who barked orders at the waiters
arrogant, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin (also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity
authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificating
condescending, disdainful, patronizing
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vainglorious
complacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), narcissistic, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up
self-flattering, self-loving, self-promoting
brash, forward, uninhibited, unreserved
extroverted (also extraverted), immodest
- an office administrator with an imperious manner that really grates on people
arbitrary, dictatorial, high-handed, peremptory, willful (or wilful)
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
- As the population ages, the need for trained medical workers becomes imperious.
Synonym Discussion of imperious
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- her masterful personality soon dominated the movement
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- children controlled by domineering parents
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- an imperious executive used to getting his own way
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- given a peremptory dismissal
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- an imperative appeal for assistance
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