US /ˈbɔsi/ UK /ˈbɒsi/
adj noun Freq #15260

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Always telling other people what to do in an annoying way.

    My older sister can be really bossy sometimes.

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Synonyms
1 adj · always telling other people... domineeringauthoritariandemanding
More autocraticcoercivecontrollingdespoticdominantforcefulharshheavy-handediron-fistediron-handedmonocratic
Opposites
Word family
Forms bossierbossiest
Related forms arrogant

Etymology

Diminutive of dialectal English boss + -y, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose (“stall”)).

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