Autocratic Synonyms and Antonyms

Said of persons
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. authoritarian
  2. dictatorial
  3. despotic
  4. tyrannical
  5. tyrannic
  6. domineering
  7. imperious
  8. self-willed
  9. officious
  10. strict
  11. severe
  12. dogmatic
  13. inquisitorial
  14. authoritative
  15. overbearing
  16. peremptory
  17. arrogant
  18. repressive
  19. harsh
  20. inflexible
  21. arbitrary
  22. oppressive
  23. cruel
  24. grinding
  25. exacting
  26. unrelenting
  27. heavy-handed
  28. iron-handed
  29. megalomaniacal
  30. totalitarian
  31. monomaniacal
  32. power-crazed
  33. power-mad
  34. petulant
  35. willful
  36. headstrong
  37. highhanded
  38. bossy
  39. like godalmighty
  40. high-and-mighty
Antonyms:
  1. lenient
  2. submissive
  3. affable
Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dictatorial

Words Related to Autocratic

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Autocratic Sentence Examples

  • At the age of twenty he found himself possessed of effective autocratic power.

  • Chasles suggests 3 - as " a limited monarchy under an autocratic emperor."

  • All this, however, did not argue an intention on the part of the government to revert to the autocratic status quo.

  • Even in autocratic regimes, truth has a way of seeping in—which means today's dwindling crop of dictators has a serious problem.

  • The fundamental law was altered in 1848 and the Dutch monarchy, from being autocratic, became henceforth constitutional.

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