Definition for High-handed:

• Violent; overbearing.

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.
  •overbearing (adjective)
  • regnant,
  • preponderant,
  • high-and-mighty,
  • sovereign,
  • prevalent,
  • ascendant,
  • predominant,
  • paramount,
  • officious.
  •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.

• v.

  •commanding (verb)
  • masterful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • inconsiderate,
  • thoughtless,
  • heartless,
  • undiplomatic.
  •
  • rude,
  • egotistic.
  •
  • gaily.

Paraphrases for High-handed:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    coercive, high.

• Other Related

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