What is another word for peremptory?
827 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɛɹɪmptəɹˌi], [ pˈɛɹɪmptəɹˌi], [ p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_m_p_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]
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Similar words for peremptory:
- all (adjective)
- arbitrary (adjective)
- arrogant (adjective)
- authoritative (adjective)
- commanding (adjective)
- curt (adjective)
- decisive (adjective)
- dictatorial (adjective)
- dogmatic (adjective)
- domineering (adjective)
- flat (adjective)
- forced (adjective)
- imperative (adjective)
- imperious (adjective)
- insistent (adjective)
- insolent (adjective)
- oracular (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- overbearing (adjective)
- peremptory (adjective)
- prideful (adjective)
- rude (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- unreasonable (adjective)
- unreasoned (adjective)
- dictatorial (noun)
- harsh (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Peremptory:
adj.
• all (adjective) • arbitrary (adjective) • arrogant (adjective)- haughty,
- snotty,
- uppity,
- scornful,
- aloof,
- cavalier,
- cheeky,
- puffed up,
- cocky,
- proud,
- egotistic,
- lordly,
- smug,
- supercilious,
- bragging,
- smarty,
- contemptuous,
- know-it-all,
- superior,
- presumptuous,
- snippy,
- pompous,
- high and mighty,
- assuming,
- wise guy,
- vain,
- audacious,
- pretentious,
- snooty,
- self-important,
- conceited,
- disdainful,
- swaggering.
- offhand,
- gruff,
- brief,
- tart,
- uncivil,
- concise,
- sharp,
- snappish,
- crusty,
- pithy,
- unceremonious,
- Snippety,
- laconic,
- short and sweet,
- churlish,
- blunt,
- ungracious,
- succinct,
- compendious.
- crucial,
- determined,
- momentous,
- influential,
- all out,
- definitive,
- bent,
- intent,
- resolute,
- trenchant,
- assured,
- conclusive,
- fateful,
- litmus test,
- resolved,
- critical,
- settled,
- incisive,
- crisp,
- significant,
- set.
- derivable,
- egotistical,
- tenacious,
- bigoted,
- unerring,
- theoretical,
- emphatic,
- pigheaded,
- definite,
- one-sided,
- narrow-minded,
- cocksure,
- obdurate,
- systematic,
- reasoned,
- prejudiced,
- pragmatic,
- orthodox,
- unchangeable,
- fanatical,
- formal,
- unqualified,
- bullheaded,
- axiomatic,
- stubborn,
- prophetic,
- eternal,
- unequivocal,
- a priori,
- canonical,
- deducible,
- inevitable.
- in-dubitable,
- in dubitable,
- un-conditional,
- un-questionable,
- un-mistakable,
- un conditional,
- un mistakable,
- out and out.
- in voluntary,
- in-sincerest,
- most conscripted,
- insincere,
- in-flexible,
- more coerced,
- un willing,
- in sincerest,
- in-sincere,
- more begrudging,
- more conscripted,
- more grudging,
- be grudging,
- in flexible,
- most begrudging,
- in sincerer,
- slavest,
- most coerced,
- more compelled,
- in sincere,
- most grudging,
- un-willing,
- be-grudging,
- in-sincerer,
- un-natural,
- most compelled,
- in-voluntary.
- ex acting,
- more compulsatory,
- ex-acting,
- most compulsatory,
- over weening,
- re-quired,
- overweening,
- re quired,
- over-weening.
- more perseverant,
- re iterative,
- most perseverant,
- re sounding,
- re-iterative,
- un relenting,
- importunate,
- re-sounding,
- resounding.
- insistent,
- too great,
- by nature,
- Perseverant,
- dictatorial,
- on faith,
- no joke,
- coldshoulder,
- forced,
- costing an arm and a leg,
- sniffy,
- flat,
- unwarrantable,
- ironhanded,
- Absonant,
- curt,
- wrongheaded,
- authoritative,
- biggety,
- overbearing,
- stiff-necked,
- iron-handed,
- as a matter of course,
- up to here,
- overkill,
- Compulsatory,
- rude,
- too-too,
- on an ego trip,
- dogmatic,
- prideful,
- in driver's seat,
- Unreasoned,
- unreasonable,
- excathedra,
- domineering,
- on ego trip,
- breviloquent,
- imperious,
- brutish,
- fascistic,
- oracular,
- commanding,
- unrightful,
- arrogant,
- no ifs ands or buts,
- by natural law,
- decisive,
- crack the whip,
- ex cathedra,
- arbitrary,
- cold-shoulder,
- pricey,
- dictative,
- stuck up,
- wrong-headed,
- up here,
- crack-the-whip,
- by fiat,
- deductive,
- ex-cathedra,
- straight out,
- bad-mannered,
- conscripted,
- doctrinal,
- throwing weight around,
- highhanded,
- strong-minded,
- compendiary.
- more high and mighty,
- preponderant,
- over bearing,
- more high-and-mighty,
- pre-dominant,
- para-mount,
- pre dominant,
- most high and mighty,
- para mount,
- Over-bearing.
- more brutish,
- un-civilized,
- more bad-mannered,
- more badmannered,
- more bad mannered,
- most badmannered,
- bad mannered,
- most bad mannered,
- un-refined,
- un polished,
- un-cultured,
- uneducated,
- badmannered,
- un-educated,
- most brutish,
- most bad-mannered,
- un mannerly,
- un refined,
- un-couth,
- un educated,
- un civilized,
- un couth,
- un-mannerly,
- un cultured.
- more too-too,
- un due,
- un warrantable,
- un-fairest,
- un-justifiable,
- pricier,
- over-kill,
- more too too,
- more overkill,
- costing arm and a leg,
- un-due,
- more unrightful,
- un justest,
- in-temperate,
- un reasonable,
- costing arm a leg,
- tootoo,
- in temperate,
- most too too,
- most unrightful,
- un-lawful,
- costing arm and leg,
- more unwarrantable,
- costing an arm and leg,
- un just,
- more tootoo,
- uncalledfor,
- un-rightful,
- un-fairer,
- un-duest,
- most tootoo,
- un justifiable,
- un fairer,
- un fair,
- un-juster,
- un conscionable,
- over kill,
- in-ordinate,
- too too,
- un juster,
- un-justest,
- un-duer,
- most absonant,
- most overkill,
- costing an arm leg,
- most too-too,
- un-conscionable,
- un rightful,
- un-reasonable,
- most unwarrantable,
- costing arm leg,
- un-warrantable,
- priciest,
- more absonant,
- un-just,
- costing an arm a leg,
- un-fair,
- un duest,
- un lawful,
- un fairest,
- farout,
- un-warranted,
- over much.
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- impertinent,
- uncompromising,
- abrasive,
- discourteous,
- firm,
- fixed,
- smart,
- finished,
- impolite,
- insolent,
- offensive,
- impudent,
- comprehensive,
- ill-mannered.
- presence,
- magisterial,
- drunk,
- play,
- preside,
- superintend,
- paternalism,
- chair,
- high-and-mighty,
- say,
- better,
- pull,
- hand,
- manipulative,
- supervise,
- over,
- call,
- dominate,
- pocket,
- govern,
- handle,
- monopolize,
- skipper,
- high-handed,
- wear,
- masterful,
- predominate,
- divide,
- helm,
- putty,
- possess,
- dominating,
- wrong,
- regimentation,
- enslave,
- channel,
- fiefdom,
- tail,
- police,
- drive,
- hook,
- autocratic,
- matter,
- repress,
- balls,
- saddle,
- come,
- micromanage,
- whip,
- eat,
- control freak,
- top,
- encroachment,
- ride,
- tyrannize,
- dominant,
- balance of power,
- survey,
- guiding principle,
- heel,
- supervisor,
- regulatory,
- assumption,
- override,
- curate,
- plenipotentiary,
- captain,
- cynical,
- harness,
- manipulate,
- tame,
- lead 1,
- ruling,
- regulate,
- bossy,
- palm,
- control,
- rein,
- led,
- run,
- short,
- hold,
- aggrandize,
- assume,
- rule,
- dictate.
Other synonyms:
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- abrupt.
- truely,
- peremptorily,
- huffy,
- accurately,
- exacting,
- inexorable,
- obligatory,
- binding,
- Uncontrolledly,
- demeaning,
- opinionated,
- pointed,
- apparently,
- direct,
- lightly,
- willful,
- grouchy,
- unpleasant,
- crabbed,
- austere,
- perfectly,
- genuinely,
- flatly,
- soi-disant,
- categorical,
- inclement,
- Hard-headed,
- rebuff,
- Declinature,
- energetic,
- exact,
- determinate,
- decided,
- incontrovertible,
- petulant,
- for certain,
- suppressive,
- entirely,
- unquestioning,
- fixedly,
- stiff,
- highfalutin,
- positivistic,
- undoubting,
- unflinching,
- irascible,
- official,
- imperial,
- plainly,
- compelling,
- repulse,
- bearish,
- decidedly,
- final,
- Behooving,
- definitely,
- directive,
- scurvy,
- exigent,
- doubtless,
- positive,
- executive,
- self-opinionated,
- really,
- tough,
- bumptious,
- waspish,
- implicit,
- bullying,
- Coactive,
- quick,
- Self-opinioned,
- patent,
- without exception,
- out-and-out,
- emphatically,
- rotten,
- earnest,
- actually,
- irritable,
- indisputable,
- Hard-shell,
- round,
- grudging,
- confidently,
- whole,
- resolutely,
- overlooking,
- positively,
- irresponsible,
- mandating,
- assuredly,
- unhelpful,
- thoroughly,
- strongly,
- irrefutable,
- outright,
- conclusively,
- authoritatively,
- crabby,
- incumbent,
- straight-out,
- Overruling,
- aristocratic,
- pontifical,
- inconsiderate,
- nasty,
- affirmative,
- malevolent,
- real,
- Preceptive,
- perfunctory,
- peevish,
- ungenerous,
- toplofty,
- nonelective,
- gritty,
- marked,
- indeed,
- strong,
- understandably,
- manifestly,
- absolutely,
- surly,
- mandatory,
- instructive,
- touchy,
- faultlessly,
- stated,
- hard-and-fast,
- gubernatorial,
- precisely,
- indomitable,
- acid,
- unworthy,
- inquisitorial,
- brave,
- must,
- precise,
- Decretal,
- Presuming,
- Opinioned,
- disagreeable,
- of course,
- undoubtedly,
- chesty,
- rigid,
- discountenance,
- certain,
- repressive,
- unfriendly,
- unambiguous,
- completely,
- aggressive,
- departmental,
- acrimonious,
- supreme,
- prescriptive,
- straight,
- pronounced,
- strong-willed,
- rigourous,
- incontestably,
- regnant,
- global,
- hard,
- relentless,
- express,
- Doctrinarian,
- Predicable,
- under obligation,
- explicitly,
- obviously,
- undeniably,
- high hat,
- distinct,
- easily,
- pushy,
- for sure,
- huffish,
- mean,
- decisively,
- clear,
- indisputably,
- total,
- admitting no exception,
- compulsive,
- prescript,
- dogmatical,
- uppish,
- specially,
- self-assertive,
- inflexible,
- important,
- categoric,
- unconditional,
- Consummately,
- searching,
- self-asserting,
- dogged,
- absolute,
- incumbent on,
- specific,
- ultimate,
- imposed,
- solemn,
- compulsory,
- sure,
- explicit,
- curmudgeonly,
- wilful,
- distinguished,
- assumptive,
- naturally,
- dour,
- Precisian,
- dull,
- broad,
- pragmatical,
- correctly,
- manifest,
- unequivocally,
- steady,
- without doubt,
- dictated,
- Hegemonical,
- unmistakeable,
- unhampered,
- exactly,
- with certainty,
- unhesitating,
- properly,
- ungentlemanly,
- hard-nosed,
- testy,
- ascendent,
- Decretory,
- vigorous,
- Inappealable,
- clearly,
- grand,
- absolutist,
- strait-laced,
- Dictating,
- Asseverative,
- extortionate,
- bold,
- necessary,
- well-defined,
- Unretracted,
- unladylike,
- unreservedly,
- acidulous,
- grinding,
- hoity-toity,
- undeniable,
- Uncircumscribed,
- shrewish,
- surely,
- Decretive,
- firmly,
- particularly,
- unqualifiedly,
- coercive,
- unshrinking,
- purely,
- intolerant,
- intense,
- unsparing,
- jussive,
- withering,
- tyrannic,
- Hegemonic,
- utter,
- due,
- short-tempered,
- obstinate,
- evidently,
- involuntary,
- acerbic,
- unmitigated,
- perfect,
- Magistral,
- certainly,
- strict,
- Obligating,
- de rigueur,
- truly,
- unmistakable,
- clothed with authority,
- hifalutin,
- soundly,
- mandated,
- poor,
- basically,
- unquestionably,
- harsh,
- ascendant,
- unconditioned,
- without reserve,
- shabby,
- irrevocable,
- barely,
- shoddy,
- self-possessed,
- declaratory,
- dishonourable,
- complete,
- feudal,
- all-out,
- Pronunciative,
- saddled with,
- unreserved,
- plain,
- entire,
- caustic,
- absolutistic,
- required,
- distinctly,
- expressly,
- administrative,
- opinionative,
- Dogmatizing,
- bound by,
- unambiguously,
- iron,
- quite,
- Entailed,
- authorized,
- bluff,
- ex officio,
- preclusive,
- indubitably,
- unconditionally.
How to use "Peremptory" in context?
Peremptory means "The power to dismiss (a juror) without giving a reason." It is a legal term used in witness examination, in admiralty law, and in some civil law jurisdictions. A peremptory challenge allows a party or witness to refuse to answer (or to answer in a particular way) a question on the grounds that the person being questioned cannot be fair and impartial.
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imperative.
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absolute, arbitrary, binding, categorical, coercive, compelling, compulsory, conclusive, crucial, enforceable, essential, mandatory, obligatory, overriding, prescriptive, pressing, urgent, non-derogable.
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