domineering

Definitions

Inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control over others.

Asserting one's will or authority in an arrogant or tyrannical way.

Examples

The manager's domineering personality made it difficult for the team to express their creative ideas.

She refused to be intimidated by her brother's domineering attitude during the family meeting.

Synonyms

authoritarian tyrannical bossy imperious overbearing dictatorial autocratic

Antonyms

submissive meek servile docile yielding obsequious deferential