Having a master's character or disposition; accustomed to or insisting upon having one's own way; imperious, wilful, overbearing. Of an action…

Stately, dignified; lordly, proud; honourable. Now usually: (depreciative) haughty, arrogant; pompous; dogmatic.

Excessively masterful.

Of a ruler: domineering or overbearing to those who are ruled. Obsolete.

Having, expressing, or characterized by a domineering character or manner; overbearing, dictatorial; arrogant.

Despotic, dictatorial, overbearing, arrogant. Also: exacting or severe in judgement; censorious. Obsolete.

Belonging to, characteristic of, or resembling a master or lord (usually in negative sense); arbitrary, despotic; imperious, overbearing…

Of the nature or character of a termagant; violent, unruly; overbearing; bad-tempered. Now rare, except as in sense B. 2.

Disposed or inclined to law or rule. Obsolete.

Resembling or characteristic of a master; despotic, autocratic; authoritarian, magisterial. Also: exhibiting masterly ability or skill.

Resembling (that of) a dictator; characteristic of or befitting a dictator.

Intolerant of refusal or opposition; insisting on compliance or obedience; imperious, dictatorial. Also (English regional (northern)): †impudent…

Ruling arbitrarily or imperiously; tyrannical, despotic; overbearing, insolent.

‘Big’; domineering, bluff. archaic.

Involving, characterized by, or tending to the use of power or authority without regard for others; imperious, autocratic; overbearing. Cf. high, adj.…

Stately; lordly, imperious; depreciative haughty, arrogant, pompous; = pontifical, adj. 2.

Powerful, dominating, having presiding authority or influence. Also: that behaves in an arrogant, disdainful, or dissipated manner.

That dominates or rules; that lords it over others; domineering.

Stately, lordly. Cf. pontificial, adj. 3. rare.

Insistent on obedience or compliance. Also: imperious, dictatorial. Cf. peremptory, adj. 5. Obsolete.

= dictatorial, adj. (in various senses).

With of. Domineering over something; overruling. Obsolete. rare.

Characteristic of or resembling a dictator; of the nature of or characterized by dictation; inclined to dictate or prescribe the actions of others…

= pontifical, adj. 2. rare.

Of a person, a person's attributes, etc.: tending to overrule others, or to ignore or discount their wishes and feelings; imperious, domineering…

Of the nature of or characterized by dictation; prescriptive, stipulatory.

Such as to knock one down (literal or figurative); violent, riotous; overbearing, defiant; prostrating, overpowering.

That imposes.

Given to acting as ‘boss’ or leader. colloquial (originally U.S.).

Oppressive; overbearing.

Pertaining to a seigneur; sometimes used in wider sense = seignorial, adj. Also figurative, lordly; authoritative.