Thesaurus:bossy
English
Adjective
Sense: tending to give orders to others, often in an excessive or unpleasant way
Synonyms
- authoritarian (usually pej.)
- autocratic (pej.)
- bossy (pej.)
- coercive (pej.)
- commanding
- controlling (pej.)
- demanding
- despotic (pej.)
- dictatorial (pej.)
- dominant
- domineering (pej.)
- forceful (usually pej.)
- harsh (pej.)
- heavy-handed (pej.)
- iron-fisted (pej.)
- iron-handed (pej.)
- monocratic (pej.)
- obtrusive
- oppressive (pej.)
- overbearing (pej.)
- strict (usually pej.)
- tyrannical (pej.)
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Further reading
- “885. insolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “bossy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.