Synonyms:
authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Moreover, they regarded the German imperial government as an autocratic power wielded in the interest of an ambitious military party.
In private life he was fond of music, art, and literature; but in public life he was autocratic as a czar and sternly righteous as a prophet.