Synonyms and related words :
absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, ascendant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, constitutional, controlling, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, dominant, domineering, duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, feudal, governing, governmental, great, grinding, gubernatorial, haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, important, influential, leading, lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, matriarchal, matriarchic, mighty, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, overweening, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, peremptory, pluralistic, political, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking, repressive, republican, ruling, self-governing, senior, severe, strict, substantial, superior, suppressive, supreme, theocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous, weighty,