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Synonyms & Antonyms of peremptory
1
fond of ordering people around
- the governor's peremptory personal assistant began telling the crowd of reporters and photographers exactly where they had to stand
Synonyms for peremptory
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- bossy,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- domineering,
- imperious,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
Words Related to peremptory
- 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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2
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
- a peremptory summons to appear before the committee
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Antonyms for peremptory
3
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
- she had such a peremptory approach to running the club that people started to avoid her
Synonyms for peremptory
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- bumptious,
- cavalier,
- chesty,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- huffish,
- huffy,
- imperious,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- overweening,
- pompous,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- sniffy,
- stiff-necked,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
Words Related to peremptory
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- boastful,
- bombastic,
- braggart,
- bragging,
- braggy,
- cocky,
- swaggering,
- vain,
- vainglorious
- complacent,
- conceited,
- egocentric,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- hubristic,
- narcissistic,
- orgulous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-affected,
- self-applauding,
- self-centered,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-pleased,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest
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4
having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity
- a peremptory insistence that the staff wait on them first
Synonyms for peremptory
- arbitrary,
- dictatorial,
- high-handed,
- imperious,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Words Related to peremptory
- arrogant,
- commanding,
- demanding,
- dominant,
- domineering,
- haughty,
- imperative,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- overbearing,
- presumptuous
- authoritarian,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- despotic,
- totalitarian,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic),
- tyrannous
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The first known use of peremptory was in the 15th century
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