'autocratic' definitions:
Definition of 'autocratic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "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" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory]
adjective
Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]
Synonyms of 'autocratic'
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- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- ascendant,
- autarchic,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autonomous,
- bossy,
- bureaucratic,
- civic,
- civil,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constitutional,
- controlling,
- democratic,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- dominant,
- domineering,
- duly constituted,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- fascist,
- federal,
- federalist,
- federalistic,
- feudal,
- governing,
- governmental,
- great,
- grinding,
- gubernatorial,
- haughty,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- heteronomous,
- high-handed,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- important,
- influential,
- leading,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- masterful,
- matriarchal,
- matriarchic,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monarchal,
- monarchial,
- monarchic,
- monocratic,
- official,
- oligarchal,
- oligarchic,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- overweening,
- parliamentarian,
- parliamentary,
- patriarchal,
- patriarchic,
- peremptory,
- pluralistic,
- political,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- repressive,
- republican,
- ruling,
- self-governing,
- senior,
- severe,
- strict,
- substantial,
- superior,
- suppressive,
- supreme,
- theocratic,
- totalitarian,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- weighty