iron hand

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: i=ron hand

THESAURUS

iron hand

administration, argumentum baculinum, authority, big stick, claws, clutches, command, control, despotism, disposition, domination, domineering, dominion, empery, empire, fascism, firm hand, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, heavy hand, helm, high hand, hold, iron boot, iron heel, jurisdiction, mastership, mastery, oppression, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reign of terror, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, strong hand, sway, talons, terrorism, thought control, tight hand, tight rein, tight ship, tyranny

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iron hand

Severity

N severity, strictness, harshness, rigor, stringency, austerity, inclemency, arrogance, precisianism, arbitrary power, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, autocracy, tyranny, domineering, oppression, assumption, usurpation, inquisition, reign of terror, martial law, iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway, tight grasp, brute force, brute strength, coercion, strong hand, tight hand, hard lines, hard measure, tender mercies, sharp practice, pipe-clay, officialism, tyrant, disciplinarian, precisian, martinet, stickler, bashaw, despot, hard master, Draco, oppressor, inquisitor, extortioner, harpy, vulture, accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors, severe, strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell, relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative, coercive, tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial, inclement, cruel, haughty, arrogant, precisian, severely, with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, Delirant reges plectuntur Achivi, manu forti, ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno.