OVERBEARING


Meaning of OVERBEARING in English

adj. Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: MASTERFUL 1, bossy, domineering, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, magisterial, peremptory

2

Synonyms: DOMINANT 1, ascendant, master, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevalent, regnant, sovereign

3

Synonyms: PROUD 1, arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lordly, supercilious, superior

Related Words: absolute, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical

Contrasted Words: passive, unassertive; acquiescent, compliant, unresisting

Antonyms: subservient

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