Synonyms for bossy
ˈbɒs i, ˈbɔ sibossy

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1. bossyadjective

   Synonyms:
   tyrannical, dictatorial, demanding, inflexible, commanding, authoritarian

2. bossyadjective

   tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering

   Synonyms:
   demanding, commanding, tyrannical, dictatorial, authoritarian, inflexible

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1. autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptoryadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   overlooking, authoritarian, despotic, ascendant, distinguished, autocratic, dominating, commanding, magisterial, imposing, tyrannical, high-and-mighty, grand, tyrannic, ascendent, peremptory, dictatorial

   Antonyms:
   submissive

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1. bossynoun

   Synonyms:
   [childish term.] calf

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1. bossyadjective

   Synonyms:
   studded, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, arbitrary, masterful, authoritative

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1. List of paraphrases for "bossy":

   authoritarian, tyrannical, authoritative

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1. Eva Mendes:

   Sometimes it feels like we are running some kind of bed-and-breakfast with very drunk and aggressive guests, we really do feel like we are working in a hotel, and the guests are angry and bossy and demand food brought to them. And by the time they go to sleep, were left to just clean up and talk about how theyve treated us that day!

2. Cullen Stanley:

   [He] happened to be a few hundred yards behind me and was able to box [Bold and Bossy] in between his truck and the guardrail and get her back to the race track safely.

3. Jeff Inman:

   We are thankful that Bold and Bossy was reunited safely with her owner following the incident, we are also pleased that the jockey sustained no injuries from the fall.

4. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:

   She's so bossy that we call her "the Governess.

5. Baek Ki-Jong:

   She was one of the passengers, not the vice president of Korean Air at that moment. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but it's likely she was bossy and acted above her position, it was an abuse of power, and a wrong action to take.