261 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ hˈa͡ɪhˈandɪd], [ hˈa‍ɪhˈandɪd], [ h_ˈaɪ_h_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_d]

Similar words for high-handed:

• arbitrary (adjective)
• arrogant (adjective)
• authoritative (adjective)
• bossy (adjective)
• domineering (adjective)
• high-handed (adjective)
• high and mighty (adjective)
• imperative (adjective)
• imperious (adjective)
• opinionated (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• overbearing (adjective)
• peremptory (adjective)
• prideful (adjective)
• proud (adjective)
• self-respecting (adjective)
• shameless (adjective)
• unabashed (adjective)
• vainglorious (adjective)
• other relevant words (noun)
• commanding (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for high-handed

Synonyms for High-handed:

• adj.

  • arbitrary (adjective)
  • downright,
  • tyrannous,
  • dogmatic,
  • magisterial,
  • high-handed,
  • peremptory,
  • monocratic,
  • flat out,
  • absolute,
  • summary,
  • despotic.
  • arrogant (adjective)
  • cheeky,
  • bragging,
  • conceited,
  • swaggering,
  • self-important,
  • disdainful,
  • scornful,
  • know-it-all,
  • snooty,
  • presumptuous,
  • snippy,
  • supercilious,
  • insolent,
  • smug,
  • lordly,
  • superior,
  • pretentious,
  • aloof,
  • uppity,
  • haughty,
  • cocky,
  • smarty,
  • assuming,
  • wise guy,
  • pompous,
  • contemptuous,
  • audacious,
  • vain,
  • snotty,
  • puffed up.
  • authoritative (adjective)
  • imperative.
  • bossy (adjective)
  • iron-handed,
  • commanding,
  • overpowering,
  • controlling,
  • strict,
  • pushy,
  • ironhanded.
  • domineering (adjective)
  • imperial,
  • on high horse,
  • coercive.
  • high-handed (adjective)
  • autocratic,
  • dictatorial,
  • authoritarian,
  • tyrannical,
  • oppressive.
  • high and mighty (adjective)
  • stuck-up,
  • egotistical,
  • hoity-toity,
  • highfalutin,
  • snobbish,
  • lofty,
  • stuffy.
  • imperative (adjective)
  • powerful,
  • aggressive,
  • dominant,
  • bidding,
  • ordering,
  • harsh,
  • stern.
  • imperious (adjective)
  • overweening,
  • authoritative,
  • exacting,
  • compulsory,
  • obligatory,
  • mandatory,
  • required.
  • opinionated (adjective)
  • cocksure,
  • hard line,
  • seton,
  • bigoted,
  • locked in,
  • pigheaded,
  • doctrinaire,
  • set in stone,
  • adamant,
  • pragmatical,
  • pragmatic,
  • hard-line,
  • set-on,
  • biased,
  • hardline,
  • oracular,
  • obstinate,
  • unyielding,
  • weighted,
  • prejudiced,
  • bullheaded,
  • one-sided,
  • set on,
  • singleminded,
  • positive,
  • tilted,
  • stubborn,
  • obdurate,
  • single-minded,
  • inflexible,
  • intransigent,
  • self-assertive.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • arbitrary,
  • on ego trip,
  • cold-shoulder,
  • sniffy,
  • stuck up,
  • vainglorious,
  • unblushing,
  • prideful,
  • bossy,
  • in driver's seat,
  • unashamed,
  • unabashed,
  • high and mighty,
  • proud,
  • biggety,
  • overbold,
  • domineering,
  • no ifs ands or buts,
  • arrogant,
  • no joke,
  • on an ego trip,
  • coldshoulder,
  • crack the whip,
  • imperious,
  • overbearing,
  • highhanded,
  • Compulsatory,
  • straight out.
  • overbearing (adjective)
  • high-and-mighty,
  • paramount,
  • predominant,
  • prevalent,
  • preponderant,
  • regnant,
  • sovereign,
  • ascendant.
  • peremptory (adjective)
  • in tolerant,
  • un-deniable,
  • in controvertible,
  • in-tolerant,
  • in-controvertible,
  • un deniable.
  • prideful (adjective)
  • on one high horse,
  • on ones high horse,
  • on one's high horse.
  • proud (adjective)
  • confident,
  • huffy,
  • Preening,
  • dismissive,
  • crowing,
  • grand,
  • self-glorying,
  • narcissistic,
  • self-respecting,
  • swellheaded,
  • condescending,
  • more dismissive,
  • ostentatious,
  • assured,
  • egoistic.
  • self-respecting (adjective)
  • selfrespecting,
  • self respecting.
  • shameless (adjective)
  • in-corrigible,
  • un-ashamed,
  • over bold,
  • un ashamed,
  • un chaste,
  • un-chastest,
  • un principled,
  • re-probate,
  • re probate,
  • most overbold,
  • un-chaste,
  • in corrigible,
  • over-bold,
  • most unashamed,
  • dis-solute,
  • un-chaster,
  • un-principled,
  • more overbold,
  • dis solute,
  • un chaster,
  • un chastest,
  • more unashamed.
  • unabashed (adjective)
  • un-abashed,
  • bald faced,
  • un abashed,
  • baldfaced.
  • vainglorious (adjective)
  • more boasting,
  • most strutting,
  • Strutting,
  • most boasting,
  • more strutting,
  • most high-and-mighty.

• n.

  •
  • impersonal,
  • insensible,
  • heavy-handed,
  • shameless,
  • insensitive.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • cavalier.

• v.

  • commanding (verb)
  • masterful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • inconsiderate,
  • thoughtless,
  • heartless,
  • undiplomatic.
  •
  • rude,
  • egotistic.
  •
  • gaily.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • chesty,
  • derisive,
  • stiff-necked,
  • toffee-nosed,
  • absolutist,
  • tough,
  • hard,
  • opinionated,
  • suppressive,
  • derisory,
  • mighty,
  • belittling,
  • fascistic,
  • grinding,
  • uncompromising,
  • dignified,
  • patronizing,
  • mocking,
  • severe,
  • disparaging,
  • assertive,
  • willful,
  • contumelious,
  • deprecative,
  • strong,
  • wilful,
  • Magistral,
  • feudal,
  • repressive,
  • snide,
  • self-willed,
  • unjust,
  • officious,
  • dominating,
  • aristocratic,
  • bullying,
  • sneering,
  • hifalutin,
  • Overruling,
  • self-asserting,
  • inequitable,
  • absolutistic,
  • scoffing.

Paraphrases for High-handed:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    coercive, high.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    arbitrary, domineering, high-voltage, oppressive, overbearing, tyrannical, Hegemonic, high-pressure.