domineering

adjectives

tending to domineer

domineering

is derived from

domineeringness

antonym

submissive

is similar to

expecting unquestioning obedience

"the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing

is similar to

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"

autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory

is similar to

noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

blustery, bullying

is similar to

given to haughty disregard of others

cavalier, high-handed

is similar to

unjustly domineering

"incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

heavy-handed, roughshod

is similar to

marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

"the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous