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over-bearing
adjective as in insolent
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adjective as in arbitrary
adjective as in lofty
adjective as in arrogant
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- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- bragging
- cheeky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistic
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lordly
- on an ego trip
- overbearing
- peremptory
- proud
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- smarty
- smarty-pants
- sniffy
- snippy
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
adjective as in master
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adjective as in assertive
adjective as in assuming
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adjective as in opinionated
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- adamant
- arbitrary
- biased
- bigoted
- bossy
- bullheaded
- cocksure
- conceited
- dictatorial
- doctrinaire
- dogmatic
- hard-line
- high-handed
- inflexible
- intransigent
- locked-in
- obdurate
- obstinate
- one-sided
- oracular
- overbearing
- pigheaded
- positive
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prejudiced
- self-assertive
- set in stone
- set on
- single-minded
- tilted
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- weighted
adjective as in oppressive
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adjective as in overbearing
adjective as in paramount
adjective as in pompous
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adjective as in predominant
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- absolute
- all-powerful
- almighty
- arbitrary
- ascendant
- authoritative
- capital
- chief
- controlling
- directing
- effective
- efficacious
- governing
- holding the reins
- imperious
- influential
- leading
- mighty
- official
- omnipotent
- overbearing
- overpowering
- paramount
- predominate
- preponderant
- primary
- prime
- principal
- prominent
- reigning
- sovereign
- superior
- superlative
- supervisory
- supreme
- surpassing
- transcendent
adjective as in prevalent
adjective as in proud
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- bloated
- boastful
- cavalier
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- huffy
- imperious
- insolent
- lofty
- narcissistic
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-satisfied
- sniffy
- snobbish
- snooty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in self-important
adjective as in snobbish
adjective as in sovereign
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adjective as in supercilious
adjective as in superior
adjective as in tyrannical
adjective as in unasked
adjective as in uppity
adjective as in vainglorious
adjective as in bossy
adjective as in scornful
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adjective as in lordly
adjective as in magisterial
adjective as in pontifical
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adjective as in cavalier
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adjective as in assumptive
adjective as in bitchy
adjective as in prideful
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- aloof
- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- boastful
- bossy
- bragging
- cavalier
- cheeky
- cocky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- dismissive
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- imperious
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lofty
- lordly
- narcissistic
- on an ego trip
- on one's high horse
- overbearing
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- self-satisfied
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in puffed-up
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- affected
- bloated
- boastful
- bombastic
- conceited
- flatulent
- flaunting
- flowery
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-and-mighty
- high-flown
- highfalutin
- hoity-toity
- imperious
- important
- inflated
- magisterial
- magniloquent
- narcissistic
- orotund
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overblown
- pontifical
- portentous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffy
- rhetorical
- self-centered
- self-important
- selfish
- showy
- sonorous
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- turgid
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
- windy
adjective as in self-respecting
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- bloated
- boastful
- cavalier
- cocky
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- dismissive
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- huffy
- imperious
- insolent
- lofty
- narcissistic
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- prideful
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-satisfied
- sniffy
- snobbish
- snooty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- vain
- vainglorious
adjective as in uppish
adjective as in dictatorial
adjective as in disdainful
adjective as in dogmatic
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adjective as in dominant
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adjective as in domineering
adjective as in haughty
adjective as in highfalutin
adjective as in high-handed
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adjective as in imperative
verb as in pride
verb as in browbeat
verb as in bully
verb as in plume
verb as in preponderate
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verb as in command
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verb as in dominate
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verb as in domineer
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Example Sentences
They are rarely over-bearing in manner, but mostly use a tone which is persuasive rather than disciplinary.
It also has the fault of over-bearing, when the fruit is often small and insipid.
"But I would like to," she said, and assumed the over-bearing, haughty expression with which she was wont to get her way with him.
Thereupon it waxed importunate and over-bearing, till the shadow of it darkened all my doings.
Grace Dart caught sight of them out at the fence and ran over bearing a parting gift.
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On this page you'll find 1743 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over bearing, such as: disrespectful, bold, brazen, abusive, arrogant, and barefaced.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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