'Domineer' definitions:
Definition of 'domineer'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Domineer'
From: GCIDE
- Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered; p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. [1913 Webster]
- Go to the feast, revel and domineer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'domineer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beat down,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- castrate,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- compel,
- cow,
- daunt,
- despotize,
- dominate,
- domineer over,
- enslave,
- grind,
- grind down,
- henpeck,
- intimidate,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- lord it over,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- predominate,
- preponderate,
- press heavy on,
- prevail,
- reign,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- terrorize,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on
Words containing 'Domineer'
- Dominance,
- Dominancy,
- Dominant,
- Dominate,
- Dominated,
- Dominating,
- Domination,
- Dominative,
- Dominator,
- Domineered,
- Domineering,
- Domineeringly,
- Dominical,
- domine,
- dominic,
- Dominant chord,
- Dominant estate,
- Dominant owner,
- Dominant tenement,
- Dominical altar,
- Dominical letter,
- dominant allele,
- dominant gene,
- saint dominic,
- st. dominic,
- autosomal dominant disease,
- autosomal dominant disorder,
- x-linked dominant inheritance