What is another word for overbearing?
503 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌə͡ʊvəbˈe͡əɹɪŋ], [ ˌəʊvəbˈeəɹɪŋ], [ ˌəʊ_v_ə_b_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for overbearing:- aggressive (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- arbitrary (adjective)
- arrogant (adjective)
- arrogant, domineering (adjective)
- assertive (adjective)
- assumptive (adjective)
- bitchy (adjective)
- bossy (adjective)
- cavalier (adjective)
- dictatorial (adjective)
- disdainful (adjective)
- dogmatic (adjective)
- dominant (adjective)
- domineering (adjective)
- haughty (adjective)
- high-handed (adjective)
- highfalutin (adjective)
- imperative (adjective)
- insolent (adjective)
- lofty (adjective)
- magisterial (adjective)
- opinionated (adjective)
- oppressive (adjective)
- paramount (adjective)
- pompous (adjective)
- predominant (adjective)
- prevalent (adjective)
- prideful (adjective)
- proud (adjective)
- puffed-up (adjective)
- scornful (adjective)
- self-important (adjective)
- self-respecting (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- snobbish (adjective)
- sovereign (adjective)
- supercilious (adjective)
- superior (adjective)
- tyrannical (adjective)
- unasked (adjective)
- uppish (adjective)
- uppity (adjective)
- vainglorious (adjective)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Overbearing:
adj.
•aggressive (adjective) •all (adjective) •arbitrary (adjective) •arrogant (adjective)- more cold shoulder,
- smartiest,
- more bragging,
- more swaggering,
- most bragging,
- high mighty,
- most know-it-all,
- most cold-shoulder,
- most swaggering,
- most cold shoulder,
- more coldshoulder,
- most coldshoulder,
- snootiest,
- more know it all,
- sniffier,
- sniffiest,
- smartier,
- more biggety,
- more cold-shoulder,
- know it all,
- most know it all,
- pre sumptuous,
- most biggety,
- pre-sumptuous,
- more know-it-all,
- pretentious.
- high-handed,
- despotic,
- imperial,
- regnant,
- officious,
- cocky,
- autocratic,
- sovereign,
- preponderant,
- stuffy,
- snotty,
- imperative,
- ascendant.
- most certain,
- self assured,
- positive,
- self confident,
- strong willed,
- more positive,
- selfconfident,
- strongwilled,
- selfassured.
- more crack-the-whip,
- most crack the whip,
- most crack-the-whip,
- un limited,
- un restricted,
- doctrinaire,
- stern,
- most dictative,
- un-limited,
- un-restricted,
- more crack the whip,
- more dictative.
- in-different,
- anti pathetic,
- more toplofty,
- in different,
- most toplofty,
- more rejecting,
- most despising,
- most rejecting,
- hoity toity,
- hoitytoity,
- top-lofty,
- un sympathetic,
- most repudiating,
- most contemning,
- more contemning,
- more despising,
- more scouting,
- anti-pathetic,
- un-sympathetic,
- top lofty,
- more repudiating,
- most scouting.
- more stiff necked,
- most stiff necked,
- more wrong-headed,
- more stiff-necked,
- de finite,
- one sided,
- in tolerant,
- de-finite,
- narrowminded,
- most stiff-necked,
- stiffnecked,
- most wrong headed,
- in-tolerant,
- narrow minded,
- un-equivocal,
- stiff necked,
- more wrong headed,
- most wrong-headed,
- un equivocal,
- most stiffnecked,
- most fascistic,
- more wrongheaded,
- more fascistic,
- more stiffnecked,
- most wrongheaded,
- wrong headed,
- onesided.
- more predominate,
- most surpassing,
- more overbalancing,
- more transcendent,
- fore most,
- more obtaining,
- over balancing,
- fore-most,
- most outweighing,
- most overbalancing,
- pre eminent,
- most predominate,
- pre-dominate,
- out weighing,
- over-balancing,
- pre dominate,
- pre-vailing,
- out-weighing,
- most overweighing,
- pre vailing,
- sur passing,
- pre siding,
- prevailing,
- sur-passing,
- pre-siding,
- more surpassing,
- over-weighing,
- over weighing,
- more overweighing,
- more outweighing,
- most obtaining.
- tilted,
- weighted,
- hard line,
- locked in,
- singleminded,
- self-assertive,
- hardline,
- set on,
- seton,
- set in stone,
- set-on.
- un just,
- most confining,
- more headache,
- de-pressing,
- un-juster,
- in human,
- more superincumbent,
- de pressing,
- more confining,
- in-human,
- super-incumbent,
- heavy handed,
- most disheartening,
- most superincumbent,
- un-just,
- ex-acting,
- un juster,
- most headache,
- more disheartening,
- super incumbent,
- un-justest,
- un justest,
- dis-heartening,
- dis heartening,
- heavyhanded,
- more depressive,
- ex acting,
- most depressive.
- more all powerful,
- holding the reins,
- more allpowerful,
- most allpowerful,
- most all powerful,
- more directing,
- holding reins,
- pre dominant,
- most all-powerful,
- pre-dominant,
- most directing,
- more all-powerful,
- allpowerful.
- more dismissive,
- dismissive,
- self-respecting,
- dis-missive,
- most dismissive,
- dis missive,
- self satisfied,
- selfsatisfied.
- more swollen-headed,
- most swollenheaded,
- self important,
- swollenheaded,
- swollen headed,
- more swollen headed,
- full hot air,
- most swollen headed,
- most swollen-headed,
- more swollenheaded,
- selfimportant.
- more monarchal,
- most monarchal,
- most self governed,
- selfgoverned,
- in dependent,
- most monarchial,
- more guiding,
- more monarchial,
- more selfgoverned,
- in-dependent,
- most self-governed,
- self-governed,
- more self-governed,
- most selfgoverned,
- more self governed,
- self governed,
- most guiding.
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- over.
Other synonyms:
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- insolent.
- curt,
- absolutistic,
- conceited,
- hifalutin,
- overpowering,
- hoity-toity,
- dominating,
- mulish,
- toffee-nosed,
- lah-di-dah,
- possessive,
- insistent,
- authoritative,
- gruff,
- pigheaded,
- brash,
- self-centred,
- repressive,
- presumptuous,
- terse,
- complacent,
- sharp,
- la-di-da,
- single-minded,
- patronizing,
- overprotective,
- big,
- obdurate,
- egotistical,
- commanding,
- predominate,
- absolutist,
- snooty,
- brazen,
- bullying,
- disdain,
- bluff,
- self-engrossed,
- chief,
- leading,
- curmudgeonly,
- affected,
- main,
- exacting,
- Overruling,
- high,
- categorical,
- grandiloquent,
- bumptious,
- primal,
- bad-mannered,
- high hat,
- hubristic,
- stubborn,
- contemptuous,
- brusque,
- audacious,
- premier,
- surly,
- ostentatious,
- stuck-up,
- purse-proud,
- unmannerly,
- obstinate,
- gauche,
- constrictive,
- la-de-da,
- controlling,
- swashbuckling,
- intolerant,
- unladylike,
- certain,
- grinding,
- ungentlemanly,
- cardinal,
- didactic,
- pressing,
- bossism,
- lordliness,
- insulting,
- short,
- swelled-headed,
- dogged,
- inflated,
- tough,
- aristocratic,
- absolute,
- mighty,
- vain,
- self-important,
- grasping,
- hard,
- conquering,
- high-flown,
- on one's high horse,
- self-satisfied,
- emphatic,
- abrupt,
- upstage,
- grand,
- huffish,
- impolite,
- monocratic,
- principal,
- unjust,
- braggart,
- exhibitionist,
- ungracious,
- self-opinionated,
- cocksure,
- showy,
- overwhelming,
- contumelious,
- belittling,
- primary,
- blunt,
- overmastering,
- smug,
- self-absorbed,
- uppish,
- ill-mannered,
- opinionated,
- suppressive,
- inflexible,
- wilful,
- saucy,
- swollen-headed,
- self-willed,
- bull-headed,
- Charging,
- ill-bred,
- overconfident,
- exulting,
- huffy,
- condescending,
- Magistral,
- restrictive,
- churlish,
- upstart,
- uncivil,
- compulsory,
- harsh,
- foremost,
- feudal,
- self-seeking,
- boastful,
- overriding,
- strict,
- derisive,
- discourteous,
- exultant.
Paraphrases for Overbearing:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
domineering.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
Hegemonic.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
controlling.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
high-handed, aggressive.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Overbearing:
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adj.
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arrogant, domineering
democratic, modest, unassertive, kind, humble, nice.
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Other antonyms:
constitutional, least, indecisive, subsidiary, complaisant, docile, contingent, yielding, inferior, secondary, responsible, lowly, acquiescent, amenable, subordinate, obedient, compliant, last, lenient, passive, mild, tractable, irresolute, limited, accountable, ductile, conditional, resigned, gentle, collateral.
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arrogant, domineering