Qualities
Synonyms for authoritarian
Synonyms for authoritarian: overbearing and dictator. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for authoritarian
Interchangeable with authoritarian in this sense
Audited under authoritarian's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one authoritarian carries in that sense.
- overbearingadjective, in the sense "expecting unquestioning obedience"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name authoritarian as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- dictatordictator is a noun in the sense "a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner"
The first group is filed under authoritarian's own sense. The second reaches authoritarian from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
expecting unquestioning obedience
The timid child of authoritarian parents.
The true synonym
overbearing
Same sentence, swapped: The timid child of overbearing parents.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where authoritarian stands in the sentence above.
- prominent
- substantial
- considerable
Where authoritarian turns up in the game
authoritarian is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where authoritarian is the trap
- beneficentadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is gracious, in the sense "doing good; generous and kind in a way that benefits others", and authoritarian is on the board beside it.
Play authoritarian
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so authoritarian reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company authoritarian keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
authoritarian is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.