authoritarian Synonyms

commanding dictator dictatorial overbearing tyrannical autocratic tyrannic despotic imperious arrogant tyrant tyrannous braggy stern strict stringent suppressive sovran statist patriarchal patriarchic peremptory pharaoh pontifical potentate prescriptive ramrod repressive rigid severe slaveholder uncompromising usurper unyielding narrow gauge unpermissive antidemocratic paternalistic slave driver straitlaced totalistic tsarist tzarist undemocratic megalomaniac matriarchic nazi totalitarian Hitler fascist