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dictatorialadjective exercising power or authority without interference by othersa dictatorial leader with total control over people's lives absolute, arbitrary, autocratic(also autocratical), czarist(also tsarist or tzarist), despotic, monocratic, tyrannical(also tyrannic), tyrannous authoritarian, jackbooted, oppressive, totalitarianantidemocratic, antirepublicanhigh-handed, magisterialdomineering, imperious, masterfulall-powerful, almighty, omnipotentautonomous, self-governing, self-ruling, sovereign(also sovran)unconditional, unlimited limited circumscribed, restrained, restrictedconstitutional, lawfuldemocratic, republican fond of ordering people aroundno surprise that the dictatorial manager is highly unpopular among employees authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic(also autocratical), bossy, despotic, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical(also tyrannic), tyrannous arrogant, assumptive, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, highfalutin(also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, important, lofty, lordly, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, self-asserting, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppitycommanding, controlling, dictating, regimentalarbitrary, high-handed, imperialdirectorial, magisterialaggressive, assertive, self-assertiveimperativeconceited, narcissistic, pompous, vainall-powerful, almighty, omnipotentfirm, stern humble, meek, modest, unassumingamenable, docile, obedient, tractableindecisive, irresoluteacquiescent, compliant, passive, resigned, submissive, yielding having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessityeven the teachers chafed under the dictatorial rule of the principal arbitrary, high-handed, imperious, peremptory, willful(or wilful) arrogant, commanding, demanding, dominant, domineering, haughty, imperative, lordly, masterful, overbearing, presumptuousauthoritarian, autocratic(also autocratical), despotic, totalitarian, tyrannical(also tyrannic), tyrannouscapricious, changeable, erratic, inconsistent, mercurial, whimsicalbiased, inequitable, partisan, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust, unrealistic, unreasonableunconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous balanced, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair, impartial, just, nonpartisan, objectiverational, reasonable, understandingunbiased, unprejudicedethical, honorable, irreproachable, law-abiding, moral, principled, unimpeachable dictatorial, magisterial, dogmatic, doctrinaire, oracular mean imposing one's will or opinions on others.dictatorial stresses autocratic, high-handed methods and a domineering manner.exercised dictatorial control over the office magisterial stresses assumption or use of prerogatives appropriate to a magistrate or schoolmaster in forcing acceptance of one's opinions.the magisterial tone of his pronouncements dogmatic implies being unduly and offensively positive in laying down principles and expressing opinions.dogmatic about what is art and what is not doctrinaire implies a disposition to follow abstract theories in framing laws or policies affecting people.a doctrinaire approach to improving the economy oracular implies the manner of one who delivers opinions in cryptic phrases or with pompous dogmatism.a designer who is the oracular voice of fashion in 1587 |