authoritarian

authoritarian is a 13-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

   "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"

   Synonyms: dictator

2. adjective. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

   "an authoritarian regime"

   "autocratic government"

   Synonyms: autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical

3. adjective. expecting unquestioning obedience

   "the timid child of authoritarian parents"

   "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

   Synonyms: dictatorial, overbearing

Synonyms

dictator, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical, overbearing

Common word forms

authoritarians

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