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adj. used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

ascendant, ascendent, dominating

adj. most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"

autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory

adj. 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"

eminent, high

adj. standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

pushful, pushy

adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"

aggressive

adj. having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

altitudinous

adj. indefinitely high; lofty

eminent, lofty, soaring, towering

adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"

knee-high

adj. high enough to reach the knees: "grass was knee-high"

high-level, high-altitude

adj. occurring at or from a relative high altitude; "high-level bombing"

high-stepped, high-stepping

adj. having or moving with a high step; "his high-stepped stride"; "a high-stepping horse"

high-top, high-topped

adj. (of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers

steep

adj. of a slope; set at a high angle; "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow"

upper

adj. superior in rank or accomplishment; "the upper half of the class"

controlling

adj. able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

governing

adj. responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"

overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating

adj. having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

possessive

adj. having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent"

sovereign, supreme

adj. greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"

superior

adj. (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"

authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing

adj. expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"

blustery, bullying

adj. noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

cavalier, high-handed

adj. given to haughty disregard of others

heavy-handed, roughshod

adj. unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

imperious, masterful

adj. able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"

oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous

adj. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"

submissive

adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

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