PEREMPTORY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • putting an end to all debate or action
   Usage Example(s)
   • a peremptory decree
   Similar To
   • decisive (what does decisive mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not allowing contradiction or refusal
   Usage Example(s)
   • spoke in peremptory tones
   • peremptory commands
   Similar To
   • imperative (what does imperative mean?)
3. Meaning
   • offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
   Synonym(s)
   • autocratic (what does autocratic mean?)
   • bossy (what does bossy mean?)
   • dominating (what does dominating mean?)
   • high-and-mighty (what does high-and-mighty mean?)
   • magisterial (what does magisterial mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an autocratic person
   • autocratic behavior
   • a bossy way of ordering others around
   • a rather aggressive and dominating character
   • managed the employees in an aloof magisteri
   Similar To
   • domineering (what does domineering mean?)