Definition for Magisterial:

• Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.

Synonyms for Magisterial:

• adj.

  •arbitrary (adjective)
  • high handed,
  • no ifs ands buts.
  •authoritarian (adjective)
  • most disciplinarian,
  • more disciplinarian,
  • un yielding,
  • un-yielding.
  •authoritative (adjective)
  • bureaucratic,
  • ex officio,
  • departmental,
  • study at masterful.
  •dignified (adjective)
  • most distingue,
  • re-served,
  • more distingue,
  • up right,
  • re fined,
  • most respected,
  • re served,
  • up-right.
  •doctrinaire (adjective)
  • stubborn,
  • doctrinaire,
  • stiff-necked,
  • dictative.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • in tolerant,
  • more wrong-headed,
  • de finite,
  • in-tolerant,
  • high mighty,
  • more wrong headed,
  • de-finite,
  • un-equivocal,
  • most wrong-headed,
  • most fascistic,
  • un equivocal,
  • wrong headed,
  • most wrongheaded,
  • narrowminded,
  • more fascistic,
  • narrow minded,
  • more wrongheaded,
  • most wrong headed.
  •domineering (adjective)
  • lofty.
  •governing (adjective)
  • super-intending,
  • more directing,
  • over seeing,
  • more mastering,
  • more overseeing,
  • most guiding,
  • most overseeing,
  • most superintending,
  • re-straining,
  • more superintending,
  • re straining,
  • more ordering,
  • most presidential,
  • more gubernatorial,
  • most ordering,
  • super intending,
  • most conducting,
  • most gubernatorial,
  • over-seeing,
  • more conducting,
  • most directing,
  • more presidential,
  • more guiding,
  • most mastering.
  •overbearing (adjective)
  • more high-and-mighty,
  • para mount,
  • up pity,
  • most high and mighty,
  • sniffier,
  • para-mount,
  • Over-bearing,
  • more high and mighty,
  • pre dominant,
  • up-pity,
  • over weening,
  • sniffiest,
  • over-weening,
  • pre-dominant,
  • over bearing.
  •peremptory (adjective)
  • un-compromising,
  • un deniable,
  • in controvertible,
  • un compromising,
  • un-deniable,
  • in-controvertible.
  •pert (adjective)
  • magisterial.
  •pompous (adjective)
  • more highfaluting,
  • most highfaluting,
  • highflown,
  • self centered,
  • selfcentered,
  • self important,
  • high flown,
  • stuckup,
  • over-blown,
  • over blown,
  • selfimportant,
  • pre sumptuous.
  •puffed-up (adjective)
  • puffedup,
  • hoity toity,
  • hoitytoity.
  •stuffy (adjective)
  • humorless,
  • prim and proper.

• n.

  •
  • accessible,
  • avant-garde,
  • abstract,
  • baroque,
  • aesthetic,
  • campy,
  • artsy-craftsy,
  • camp.
  •
  • common-law,
  • civil,
  • forensic,
  • enabling,
  • criminally,
  • antitrust,
  • effective,
  • extrajudicial,
  • criminal,
  • extraterritorial.
  •
  • interfering,
  • prescriptive,
  • meddlesome,
  • on someone's back,
  • intrusive.

• v.

  •commanding (verb)
  • governing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • egotistic,
  • rude.
  •egotistic
  • proud.
  •executive
  • administrative.
  •political
  • governmental.

Paraphrases for Magisterial:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    judicial, formal.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    masterly, masterful.

Antonyms for Magisterial:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    undignified.

Magisterial Sentence Examples:

• With an almost magisterial gravity he surveyed the Reverend John's bent head, and with another scrutinising glance, ascertained the nature of the occupation on which his fingers were engaged, whereupon his face expressed the liveliest amazement.

• That his rank ought to be such as at least ought not to wound the Nabob's honor, or lessen his credit in the estimation of the people, by the magisterial command which the new guardian must exercise over him, - with abilities and vigor of mind equal to the support of that authority; and the world will expect that the guardian be especially qualified by his own acquired endowments to discharge the duties of that relation in the education of his young pupil, to inspire him with sentiments suitable to his birth, and to instruct him in the principles of his religion.

Homophones for Magisterial:

• minstrel, menstrual, mistral, muster roll, mistrial, magisterially, ministerial, megesterol, masterly.