Synonyms for Highhanded:

• adj.

  •arbitrary (adjective)
  • downright,
  • high-handed,
  • summary,
  • no ifs ands or buts,
  • no joke,
  • peremptory,
  • flat out,
  • monocratic,
  • absolute,
  • straight out,
  • tyrannous,
  • domineering.
  •arrogant (adjective)
  • cheeky,
  • egotistic,
  • superior,
  • cold-shoulder,
  • snooty,
  • disdainful,
  • scornful,
  • snippy,
  • stuck up,
  • smug,
  • pretentious,
  • contemptuous,
  • sniffy,
  • swaggering,
  • snotty,
  • aloof,
  • assuming,
  • cocky,
  • self-important,
  • on an ego trip,
  • puffed up,
  • wise guy,
  • uppity,
  • biggety,
  • high and mighty,
  • cool,
  • bragging,
  • know-it-all,
  • smarty,
  • proud,
  • audacious.
  •bossy (adjective)
  • commanding,
  • controlling,
  • iron-handed,
  • overpowering,
  • strict.
  •domineering (adjective)
  • imperative,
  • coercive,
  • in driver's seat,
  • crack the whip,
  • on high horse,
  • imperial.
  •high-handed (adjective)
  • bossy,
  • authoritarian,
  • oppressive,
  • imperious,
  • ironhanded,
  • dictatorial.
  •high and mighty (adjective)
  • stuck-up,
  • highfalutin,
  • hoity-toity,
  • snobbish.
  •overbearing (adjective)
  • high-and-mighty,
  • officious,
  • ascendant,
  • prevalent,
  • sovereign,
  • preponderant,
  • paramount,
  • regnant,
  • predominant.
  •overweening (adjective)
  • brash,
  • vain,
  • presumptuous,
  • conceited,
  • lordly,
  • haughty,
  • overweening,
  • pushy,
  • egotistical,
  • supercilious,
  • insolent,
  • pompous,
  • cavalier.
  •peremptory (adjective)
  • binding,
  • undeniable,
  • firm,
  • categorical,
  • severe,
  • incontrovertible,
  • stringent,
  • irrefutable,
  • finished,
  • intolerant,
  • rigorous,
  • final,
  • decided,
  • certain,
  • fixed,
  • compelling,
  • decisive.
  •prideful (adjective)
  • on one's high horse,
  • self-respecting.
  •proud (adjective)
  • huffy,
  • bloated,
  • self-satisfied,
  • ostentatious,
  • narcissistic,
  • vainglorious,
  • dismissive,
  • boastful.
  •self-respecting (adjective)
  • prideful.
  •shameless (adjective)
  • bold,
  • improper,
  • incorrigible,
  • flagrant,
  • depraved,
  • lewd,
  • unblushing,
  • brazen,
  • unashamed,
  • unchaste,
  • unprincipled,
  • hardened,
  • dissolute,
  • abandoned,
  • forward,
  • immodest,
  • impudent,
  • unabashed,
  • barefaced,
  • outrageous,
  • wanton,
  • rude,
  • overbold,
  • immoral,
  • brassy,
  • reprobate,
  • arrant,
  • profligate.
  •unabashed (adjective)
  • blatant,
  • Brazenfaced,
  • Bald-faced.
  •vainglorious (adjective)
  • boasting,
  • blowing one's own horn,
  • Strutting.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • judicial,
  • niggardly,
  • magisterial.
  •n.
  • arbitrary,
  • autocratic,
  • despotic,
  • overbearing,
  • tyrannical.

Antonyms for Highhanded:

• adj.

  • arbitrary
    circumspect, rational, supported, reasonable, reasoned.
  • arrogant
    humble, shy, unconceited, servile, timid, meek, unsure.
  • domineering
    submissive, Surrendering, yielding.
  • high-handed
    democratic.
  • imperative
    optional, discretionary, unrestrained, unnecessary, secondary, voluntary, inessential, free.
  • imperious
    fawning, helpless, weak, obedient, subservient.
  • opinionated
    compromising, open-minded, indifferent.
  • overbearing
    kind, unassertive, nice.
  • overweening
    unassuming, modest.
  • peremptory
    indulgent, lenient, easy-going, lax, mild, laid-back, moderate.
  • proud
    sorry, sad.
  • shameless
    careful, reserved, gentle, afraid, decent, moral, Uncorrupt, right, fearful, cautious, good.

Highhanded Sentence Examples:

• I was getting a little warm all the time at the highhanded way in which these few men were conducting the thing, and presently I got on my feet and said, 'Gentlemen, you are not going to have this thing all your way.

• These irritating facts stirred Admiral Berkeley at Halifax to highhanded measures.