Synonyms for Over bearing:

• adj.

  •arbitrary (adjective)
  • overbearing,
  • straight out,
  • flat out,
  • no ifs ands or buts,
  • monocratic,
  • tyrannous,
  • summary,
  • domineering,
  • absolute,
  • no joke,
  • downright.
  •arrogant (adjective)
  • presumptuous,
  • aloof,
  • bragging,
  • audacious,
  • snooty,
  • snippy,
  • smarty,
  • cold-shoulder,
  • self-important,
  • wise guy,
  • on an ego trip,
  • stuck up,
  • lordly,
  • conceited,
  • know-it-all,
  • high and mighty,
  • swaggering,
  • vain,
  • cool,
  • pretentious,
  • scornful,
  • pompous,
  • cheeky,
  • biggety,
  • contemptuous,
  • smug,
  • puffed up,
  • assuming.
  •assertive (adjective)
  • firm,
  • self-assured,
  • certain,
  • decisive,
  • insistent,
  • decided,
  • self-confident,
  • positive,
  • forceful,
  • sure,
  • pushy,
  • assured,
  • strong-willed,
  • forward,
  • confident,
  • demanding,
  • militant,
  • emphatic.
  •assuming (adjective)
  • rude,
  • bold.
  •assumptive (adjective)
  • overconfident,
  • brash,
  • Presuming,
  • Malapert.
  •bitchy (adjective)
  • vindictive,
  • malignant,
  • nasty,
  • hateful,
  • despiteful,
  • vicious,
  • cattish,
  • malicious,
  • venomous,
  • catty,
  • bad-tempered,
  • malevolent.
  •bossy (adjective)
  • controlling,
  • iron-handed,
  • commanding,
  • authoritarian,
  • overpowering,
  • strict.
  •cavalier (adjective)
  • curt,
  • condescending,
  • offhand,
  • lofty.
  •dictatorial (adjective)
  • stern,
  • throwing weight around,
  • doctrinaire,
  • crack-the-whip,
  • unrestricted,
  • unlimited,
  • totalitarian,
  • arrogant,
  • arbitrary,
  • dictative,
  • clamorous.
  •disdainful (adjective)
  • Repudiating,
  • Contemning,
  • unsympathetic,
  • scouting,
  • despising,
  • derisive,
  • sneering,
  • hoity-toity,
  • antipathetic,
  • Rejecting,
  • indifferent,
  • toplofty,
  • averse.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • fascistic,
  • obdurate,
  • definite,
  • cocksure,
  • unequivocal,
  • wrong-headed,
  • narrow-minded,
  • categorical,
  • fanatical,
  • intolerant,
  • assertive,
  • pigheaded,
  • bullheaded,
  • stubborn,
  • tenacious,
  • prejudiced,
  • bigoted,
  • egotistical,
  • determined,
  • obstinate,
  • formal,
  • stiff-necked,
  • one-sided.
  •dominant (adjective)
  • effective,
  • principal,
  • governing,
  • first,
  • powerful,
  • foremost,
  • overbalancing,
  • main,
  • Presiding,
  • predominate,
  • preeminent,
  • prevailing,
  • surpassing,
  • supreme,
  • Obtaining,
  • transcendent,
  • reigning,
  • ruling,
  • leading,
  • authoritative,
  • chief,
  • outweighing,
  • overweighing,
  • demonstrative.
  •domineering (adjective)
  • crack the whip,
  • coercive,
  • on high horse,
  • in driver's seat.
  •haughty (adjective)
  • high,
  • stuck-up,
  • distant,
  • detached,
  • reserved,
  • snobbish.
  •high-handed (adjective)
  • ironhanded.
  •highfalutin (adjective)
  • important,
  • puffy,
  • boastful,
  • ostentatious,
  • Flaunting,
  • self-centered,
  • grandiose,
  • swanky.
  •imperative (adjective)
  • ordering,
  • bidding,
  • harsh,
  • aggressive,
  • dominant.
  •insolent (adjective)
  • impudent,
  • sassy,
  • brazen,
  • contumelious,
  • offensive,
  • discourteous,
  • abusive,
  • smart-alecky,
  • ungracious,
  • Procacious,
  • brassy,
  • saucy,
  • fresh,
  • out-of-line,
  • off-base,
  • impertinent,
  • impolite,
  • pert,
  • uncivil,
  • flip,
  • smart,
  • breezy,
  • insulting,
  • insubordinate,
  • put down,
  • nervy,
  • barefaced.
  •lofty (adjective)
  • high-minded,
  • ambitious,
  • patronizing,
  • immodest.
  •lordly (adjective)
  • noble,
  • honorable,
  • masterful,
  • gracious,
  • magnificent.
  •magisterial (adjective)
  • highhanded,
  • dignified,
  • stately,
  • august,
  • judicial.
  •master (adjective)
  • prime,
  • great,
  • original,
  • grand,
  • major.
  •opinionated (adjective)
  • self-assertive,
  • pragmatical,
  • pragmatic,
  • weighted,
  • single-minded,
  • set-on,
  • locked in,
  • tilted,
  • biased,
  • intransigent,
  • inflexible,
  • set in stone,
  • oracular,
  • hard-line,
  • uncompromising,
  • unyielding,
  • adamant.
  •oppressive (adjective)
  • onerous,
  • depressive,
  • severe,
  • depressing,
  • cruel,
  • troublesome,
  • discouraging,
  • taxing,
  • backbreaking,
  • disheartening,
  • dismal,
  • inhuman,
  • brutal,
  • superincumbent,
  • weighty,
  • mean,
  • somber,
  • burdensome,
  • dispiriting,
  • heavy-handed,
  • heavy,
  • grievous,
  • confining,
  • rough going,
  • grinding,
  • unjust,
  • hefty,
  • bleak,
  • tough,
  • headache,
  • exigent,
  • gloomy,
  • exacting.
  •overbearing (adjective)
  • insolent,
  • egotistic,
  • snotty,
  • imperative,
  • officious,
  • sovereign,
  • disdainful,
  • ascendant,
  • peremptory,
  • oppressive,
  • autocratic,
  • dictatorial,
  • despotic,
  • preponderant,
  • tyrannical,
  • imperious,
  • paramount,
  • proud,
  • bossy,
  • prevalent,
  • supercilious,
  • predominant,
  • cocky,
  • high-and-mighty,
  • magisterial,
  • regnant,
  • stuffy,
  • dogmatic,
  • superior,
  • uppity,
  • haughty,
  • imperial,
  • overweening,
  • high-handed,
  • cavalier,
  • sniffy.
  •paramount (adjective)
  • crowning,
  • outstanding,
  • capital,
  • eminent,
  • Headmost,
  • premier,
  • cardinal,
  • primary.
  •pompous (adjective)
  • inflated,
  • overblown,
  • fustian,
  • flowery,
  • vainglorious,
  • windy,
  • orotund,
  • flatulent,
  • highfaluting,
  • narcissistic,
  • affected,
  • rhetorical,
  • bombastic,
  • sonorous,
  • turgid,
  • selfish,
  • bloated,
  • high-flown,
  • grandiloquent,
  • pontifical,
  • magniloquent,
  • showy,
  • portentous.
  •pontifical (adjective)
  • papal.
  •predominant (adjective)
  • influential,
  • prominent,
  • efficacious,
  • supervisory,
  • omnipotent,
  • mighty,
  • potent,
  • dominating,
  • almighty,
  • official,
  • superlative,
  • all-powerful,
  • holding the reins,
  • directing.
  •prevalent (adjective)
  • successful,
  • compelling.
  •prideful (adjective)
  • on one's high horse,
  • self-respecting.
  •proud (adjective)
  • self-satisfied,
  • huffy,
  • dismissive.
  •scornful (adjective)
  • hypercritical,
  • cynical.
  •self-important (adjective)
  • full of hot air,
  • swollen-headed,
  • bigheaded.
  •self-respecting (adjective)
  • prideful.
  •severe (adjective)
  • grim,
  • dear,
  • rigorous,
  • drastic,
  • arduous,
  • acute,
  • distressing,
  • pitiless,
  • intemperate,
  • stringent,
  • ascetic,
  • forbidding,
  • rugged,
  • critical,
  • violent,
  • fierce,
  • unpleasant,
  • intense,
  • toilsome,
  • bitter,
  • sore,
  • implacable,
  • extreme,
  • unrelenting,
  • serious,
  • hard,
  • effortful,
  • dangerous,
  • grave,
  • consequential,
  • punishing,
  • inclement,
  • mordant,
  • sharp,
  • wicked,
  • strenuous,
  • austere.
  •snobbish (adjective)
  • uppish,
  • high-hat,
  • remote,
  • persnickety,
  • Tony,
  • putting on airs.
  •sovereign (adjective)
  • self-governed,
  • monarchal,
  • monarchial,
  • highest,
  • guiding,
  • royal,
  • effectual,
  • majestic,
  • regal,
  • excellent,
  • autonomous,
  • independent.
  •supercilious (adjective)
  • snobby.
  •superior (adjective)
  • wiseguy,
  • upstage,
  • airy.
  •tyrannical (adjective)
  • ruthless,
  • repressive.
  •unasked (adjective)
  • unprompted,
  • Undemanded,
  • spontaneous,
  • uncalled-for,
  • unwanted,
  • unbidden,
  • not asked,
  • voluntarily,
  • unrequested,
  • without prompting,
  • willing,
  • gratuitous,
  • of one's own accord,
  • unsought,
  • supererogatory,
  • undesired,
  • unwelcome,
  • uninvited.
  •uppish (adjective)
  • elitist.
  •uppity (adjective)
  • high falutin.
  •vainglorious (adjective)
  • blowing one's own horn,
  • Strutting,
  • boasting.

• v.

  •browbeat (verb)
  • bulldoze,
  • lean on,
  • cow,
  • bully,
  • frighten,
  • coerce,
  • put the chill on,
  • dragoon,
  • Despotize,
  • harass,
  • hector,
  • intimidate,
  • overbear,
  • overawe,
  • tyrannize,
  • threaten,
  • lord it over,
  • oppress,
  • domineer,
  • badger,
  • bludgeon,
  • put heat on,
  • put through the wringer,
  • bluster.
  •bully (verb)
  • torture,
  • turn on the heat,
  • terrorize,
  • showboat,
  • menace,
  • enforce,
  • swagger,
  • persecute,
  • browbeat,
  • torment,
  • ride roughshod,
  • walk heavy,
  • buffalo.
  •command (verb)
  • curb,
  • conduct,
  • boss,
  • check,
  • prescribe,
  • stop,
  • constrain,
  • officiate,
  • force,
  • direct,
  • guide,
  • superintend,
  • manage,
  • exact,
  • dictate,
  • reign over,
  • have authority,
  • administer,
  • reign,
  • repress,
  • run,
  • subdue,
  • dominate,
  • conquer,
  • supervise,
  • override,
  • push,
  • hinder,
  • regulate,
  • charge,
  • head,
  • wield,
  • prevail,
  • exercise power,
  • coach,
  • hold office,
  • govern,
  • compel,
  • influence,
  • preside over,
  • restrain,
  • control,
  • take over,
  • sway,
  • lead,
  • determine.
  •dominate (verb)
  • handle,
  • detract from,
  • outshine,
  • lead by the nose,
  • preponderate,
  • monopolize,
  • run the show,
  • overshadow,
  • have upper hand,
  • subject,
  • subjugate,
  • Superabound,
  • lay down the law,
  • rule the roost,
  • have one's way,
  • hold sway over,
  • prevail over,
  • play first fiddle,
  • overrule,
  • call the shots,
  • command,
  • keep under thumb,
  • sit on top of,
  • eclipse.
  •domineer (verb)
  • Henpeck,
  • be in the saddle,
  • in the driver's seat,
  • run things,
  • bend,
  • rule,
  • throw weight around,
  • push the buttons,
  • kick around,
  • boss around.
  •preponderate (verb)
  • reign supreme.
  •pride (verb)
  • plume,
  • crow,
  • presume,
  • exult,
  • hold head high,
  • preen,
  • flatter oneself,
  • gasconade,
  • prance,
  • congratulate,
  • felicitate,
  • puff up,
  • boast,
  • swell,
  • pique,
  • vaunt,
  • glory in,
  • revel in,
  • brag,
  • be proud,
  • strut.

Antonyms for Over bearing:

• adj.

  • arbitrary
    supported, rational, reasoned, circumspect, reasonable.
  • arrogant
    shy, unconceited, servile, meek, timid, unsure.
  • assertive
    indefinite, diffident, unconfident, quiet.
  • assuming
    unassuming, doubting.
  • cavalier
    reticent.
  • dictatorial
    yielding, obedient, submissive, docile, passive.
  • disdainful
    praising, Esteemable, loving, favoring, respectful, sympathetic.
  • dogmatic
    impartial, fluctuating, flexible, vacillating, manageable, not positive, willing, questioning, amenable, dubious, doubtful, indecisive, equivocal, vague, skeptical, uncertain, ambiguous.
  • dominant
    minor, unimportant, extra, ineffective, secondary, incapable, unnecessary, trivial, reserved, uncontrolling, unaggressive, auxiliary, weak, retiring, impotent, inessential, subordinate, inferior.
  • domineering
    Surrendering.
  • imperative
    voluntary, free, unrestrained, discretionary, optional.
  • insolent
    polite, cowardly.
  • lofty
    beneath, below, unobtrusive, low.
  • master
    duplicate, lesser, amateur, insignificant, small, little, copy, poor.
  • opinionated
    open-minded, indifferent, compromising.
  • oppressive
    gentle, Relieving, cool, temperate, mild, easy, calm.
  • overbearing
    kind, unassertive, humble, democratic, modest, nice.
  • paramount
    smallest, least, lowest, last, less.
  • pompous
    plain, dull, unselfish, simple.
  • predominant
    inconsequential.
  • prevalent
    limited, isolated, uncommon, subservient.
  • proud
    sorry, sad.
  • scornful
    gracious, flattering, admiring.
  • severe
    easy-going, peaceful, slow, happy, friendly, stupid, blunt, moderate, tender, facile, bland, light.
  • snobbish
    welcoming, benevolent, sociable, accepting, generous.
  • sovereign
    restricted, dependent.
  • superior
    lower, bad.
  • tyrannical
    considerate, compassionate.
  • unasked
    involuntary, invited, Asked, solicited.

• v.

  • browbeat
    boost, compliment, aid, coax, praise, help, assist, leave alone.
  • bully
    delight, relieve, allow, alleviate, make happy, please.
  • command
    liberate, abandon, consent, comply, oppose, retreat, reverse, serve, neglect, release, start, submit, leave, countermand, give up, surrender, permit, recall, follow, lose, mismanage, let go, contradict, revoke, encourage, obey, yield, advance.
  • dominate
    be below, go along.
  • preponderate
    fall behind.
  • pride
    be modest, deprecate.