Synonyms and related words :
absolute, absolutist, arbitrary, aristocratic, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous, bureaucratic, civic, civil, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, constitutional, controlling, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, dominant, duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, governing, governmental, great, gubernatorial, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, illiberal, imperative, important, influential, leading, matriarchal, matriarchic, mighty, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, monolithic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, oppressive, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, pluralistic, political, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, puissant, ranking, republican, ruling, self-governing, senior, substantial, superior, supreme, theocratic, total, tyrannical, undemocratic, unlimited, weighty