People and roles

Synonyms for bossy

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelinePeople and roles

offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

A bossy way of ordering others around.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

dominating

Same sentence, swapped: A dominating way of ordering others around.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for bossy as it is used in the sentence above.

hind
maverick
imperative

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Closest first: other people and roles words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

apparitionnounphantoma ghostly appearing figureRidgelineHas a reason line austereadjectivespartanpracticing great self-denialRidgeline auxiliaryadjectivesupplementalfunctioning in a supporting capacityRidgeline avatarnounincarnationa new personification of a familiar ideaRidgelineHas a reason line powernounelectricityenergy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line primitiveadjectivearchaiclittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral typeRidgelineHas a reason line principalnounheadthe educator who has executive authority for a schoolFoothillsHas a reason line druggedadjectivedopedunder the influence of narcoticsRidgeline

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