All high-handed synonyms
high-hand·ed
H h adj high-handed
- overbearing — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- tyrannical — of or characteristic of a tyrant.
- bossy — If you describe someone as bossy, you mean that they enjoy telling people what to do.
- oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ironhanded — having or governing with an iron hand.