Thesaurus
overbearing
Synonyms and Antonyms of overbearing
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coming before all others in importance
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, foremost, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
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fond of ordering people around
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic (also autocratical), bossy, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, masterful, 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
Synonym Discussion of overbearing
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- too proud to take charity
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- a conceited and arrogant executive
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- a haughty aristocrat
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- a lordly condescension
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- ignored by an insolent waiter
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- an overbearing supervisor
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- an aloof and supercilious manner
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- disdainful of their social inferiors
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