HIGH-HANDED Synonyms

• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• a gallant or courtly gentleman

• a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

• given to haughty disregard of others

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

• used of a height or viewpoint

• (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

• belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot

• ruled by or characteristic of a despot

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• of or characteristic of a dictator

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

• tending to domineer

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• of or befitting a lord

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

• presumptuously arrogant

• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

• not allowing contradiction or refusal

• putting an end to all debate or action

• excessively forward

• of high or superior quality or performance

• of or characteristic of high rank or importance

• written or printed above and to one side of another character

• having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit

• the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

• one of greater rank or station or quality

• a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from Duluth

• the head of a religious community

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character

• (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by

• having a higher rank

• (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by