Synonyms and Antonyms of despotic
- a nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last
absolute, arbitrary, autocratic (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist), dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
- the despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic (also autocratical), bossy, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous
arrogant, assumptive, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, important, lofty, lordly, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, self-asserting, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
commanding, controlling, dictating, regimental
arbitrary, high-handed, imperial
aggressive, assertive, self-assertive
conceited, narcissistic, pompous, vain