List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 115

SYNONYMS: dictatorial, authoritarian, dogmatic, imperious, overbearing.
These adjectives mean asserting or tending to assert one's authority or to impose one's will on other persons.

Dictatorial stresses the inclination to exercise authority in the highhanded, peremptory manner characteristic of a dictator: The hostess told guests where to sit in her usual dictatorial manner.
Authoritarian implies the expectation of unquestioning obedience: the timid, compliant child of authoritarian parents.
Dogmatic suggests the imposing of one's will or opinion as though these were beyond challenge: When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.
Imperious suggests the arrogant manner of one accustomed to commanding: She dismissed my opinion with an imperious wave of her hand.
Overbearing implies a tendency to be oppressively or rudely domineering: His behavior toward the waiter was insufferably overbearing.