dictatorial

dictatorial is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
2. adjective. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner.
3. adjective. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

   "an authoritarian regime"

   "autocratic government"

   Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical

4. adjective. expecting unquestioning obedience

   "the timid child of authoritarian parents"

   "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

   Synonyms: authoritarian, overbearing

5. adjective. of or characteristic of a dictator

   "dictatorial powers"

Synonyms

authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical, overbearing

Common word forms

dictatorially, dictatorialness

Words from these letters

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