bossy

Meaning of bossy

adjective
  1. fond of giving people orders; domineering.
    don't be so bossy!
    a bossy, meddling woman

noun

a cow or calf.

mid 19th century of unknown origin.

Information about bossy

  • The plural form of bossy is: bossies.
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Hyphenation of bossy

bossy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • bossy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

bossy synonyms

Meaning autocratic:

autocratic, dominating, magisterial, peremptory

Meaning asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way:

domineering

Meaning unpleasantly overpowering:

overbearing

Meaning arrogant and domineering:

imperious

Meaning powerful and able to control others:

masterful

Meaning intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering:

officious

Meaning favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom:

authoritarian

Meaning having or showing an autocratic manner:

dictatorial

Meaning demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed:

strict

Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:

harsh

Meaning (of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense:

severe

Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:

controlling

Meaning of or typical of a despot; tyrannical:

despotic

Meaning exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way:

tyrannical

Meaning (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe:

draconian

Meaning inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment:

oppressive

Meaning bring under domination or control, especially by conquest:

subjugating

Meaning not relating or according to democratic principles:

undemocratic

Meaning excessively or unpleasantly self-assertive or ambitious:

pushy

Meaning conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way:

cocky

bossy antonyms

Meaning ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive:

submissive

Words that rhyme with bossy

Ossy, dossy, gossy, phossy, Flossy, flossy, glossy, lossy, unflossy, unglossy, xenoglossy, mossy, unmossy, possy, Rossy, drossy, prossy, undrossy, tossy

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