Domineering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Domineering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of domineer.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of domineer.
More Meanings
- Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
- The act of one who domineers.
Example Sentences
In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.
Word Forms
- domineerings
Synonyms for domineering
Depending on context, synonyms include bossy, assertive, dominant, forceful, commanding, pushy.
Antonyms for domineering
Common opposites include submissive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dictatorial, tyrannous, tyrannical, authoritarian, autocratic, magisterial.
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