high-handed

1. 1.

   given to haughty disregard of others

   Synonymscavalier

   Similardomineering

Questions about high-handed

What does high-handed mean?

high-handed means "given to haughty disregard of others".

How many syllables are in high-handed?

high-handed has 3 syllables: high--han-ded. The stress falls on "high-".

What is another word for high-handed?

Close synonyms include cavalier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is high-handed a common word?

high-handed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.