Synonyms: magisterial, grand, imposing, distinguished
Definition: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Usage: his distinguished bearing; the monarch's imposing presence; she reigned in magisterial beauty
Similar words: dignified
Definition: having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance
Usage: her dignified demeanor; the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman
Synonyms: peremptory, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, bossy, autocratic
Definition: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Usage: 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
Similar words: domineering
Definition: tending to domineer