authoritative

adj.权威的，可信的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
authoritative (adjective)
1.
a) having or proceeding from - authority official authoritative church doctrines
b) clearly accurate or knowledgeable - an authoritative critique
2.
- dictatorial
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
authoritative (adjective)
1.
being the most accurate and apparently thorough
SYNONYMS:
authoritative, classic, classical, magisterial
RELATED WORDS:
conclusive, decisive; approved, official, sanctioned; accurate, correct; complete, comprehensive, exhaustive, thorough
authoritative (adjective)
2.
having power over the minds or behavior of others
SYNONYMS:
authoritative, forceful, weighty
RELATED WORDS:
cogent, controlling, dominating, masterful; dominant, predominant, regnant, sovereign ( sovran), supreme; eminent, important, momentous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
helpless, impotent, powerless, weak; incapable, unable
authoritative (adjective)
3.
fond of ordering people around
SYNONYMS:
authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic ( autocratical), despotic, dictatorial, domineering, imperious, masterful, overbearing, peremptory, tyrannical ( tyrannic), tyrannous
RELATED WORDS:
arrogant, assumptive, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, highfalutin ( hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, important, lofty, lordly, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, self-asserting, supercilious, superior, toplofty ( toploftical), uppish, uppity; commanding, controlling, dictating, regimental; arbitrary, high-handed, imperial; directorial, magisterial; aggressive, assertive, self-assertive; imperative; conceited, narcissistic, pompous, vain; all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent; firm, stern
NEAR ANTONYMS:
humble, meek, modest, unassuming; amenable, docile, obedient, tractable; indecisive, irresolute; acquiescent, compliant, passive, resigned, submissive, yielding
« Back to Glossary Index