a. | 1. | Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. |
2. | Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; |
Adj. | 1. | dictatorial - of or characteristic of a dictator; "dictatorial powers" |
2. | dictatorial - likened to a dictator in severity Synonyms: authoritarian | |
3. | dictatorial - expecting unquestioning obedience; "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" Synonyms: overbearing, authoritarian | |
4. | dictatorial - characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" |