3 definitions
for autocratic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Autocratic \Au`to*crat"ic\, Autocratical \Au`to*crat"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute;
holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. --
Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
autocratic
adj 1: of the nature of or relating to an autocrat; "an autocratic
ruler" [syn: autocratical]
2: relating to or of the nature of or having characteristics of
an autocracy; "an autocratic government"; "autocratic
political rule" [syn: autocratical]
3: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the
employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering
peremptory manner" [syn: bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty,
magisterial, peremptory]
4: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having
absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime";
"autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial
rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a
tyrannical government" [syn: authoritarian, dictatorial,
despotic, tyrannical]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "autocratic":
absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic,
arrogant, ascendant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative,
authorized, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, civic, civil,
clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential,
considerable, constitutional, controlling, democratic, despotic,
dictatorial, dominant, domineering, duly constituted, eminent,
empowered, ex officio, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic,
feudal, governing, governmental, great, grinding, gubernatorial,
haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, heteronomous, high-handed,
imperative, imperial, imperious, important, influential, leading,
lordly, magisterial, magistral, masterful, matriarchal,
matriarchic, mighty, momentous, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic,
monocratic, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, oppressive,
overbearing, overruling, overweening, parliamentarian,
parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, peremptory, pluralistic,
political, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, prominent,
puissant, ranking, repressive, republican, ruling, self-governing,
senior, severe, strict, substantial, superior, suppressive,
supreme, theocratic, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous,
weighty
