bossy Play adjectiveFond of giving people orders; domineering. SYNONYMS anti-democraticautarchicauthoritarianautocraticcockycontrollingdespoticdictatorialdominatingdomineeringdraconianharshhigh and mightyhigh-handedimperiousiron-handedmasterfulofficiousoppressiveoverbearingpushyseverestrictsubjugatingthrowing one's weight aboutthrowing one's weight aroundtyrannicalundemocratic