autocratic (s)
bossy (s)
dominating (s)
high-and-mighty (s)
magisterial (s)
peremptory (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
examples an autocratic person
autocratic behavior
a bossy way of ordering others around
a rather aggressive and dominating character
managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
a swaggering peremptory manner
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Similar to domineering
Derivationally related form bossy → boss
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Similar to domineering
Derived from adjective autocratically → autocratic
Derived from adjective autocratically → autocratic
Derivationally related form boss → bossy

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