Textual thesaurus for "autocratic"

(adj) tyrannic, tyrannical, despotic, dictatorial, authoritarian

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

(adj) peremptory, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, bossy

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