The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STERN , but the solution may also be STRICT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Authoritarian crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STERN | 44 % | 5 |
| STRICT | 22 % | 6 |
| TSAR | 22 % | 4 |
| WHIPCRACKER | 11 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Authoritarian
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- autocratic
- dictator
- dictatorial
- despotic
- tyrannical
- domineering
- overbearing
- undemocratic
- unpermissive
- totalitarian
- tyrant
- interventionist
Crossword Answer definitions
STERN adjective- Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- Grim and forbidding in appearance.
- The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
- The post of management or direction.
- The hinder part of anything.
- The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
- A bird, the black tern.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STERN
- Isaac or Howard
- Strict
- Violinist Isaac
- Austere
- Imus' rival
- "Private Parts" author
- Exacting
- "Miss America" author
- Author of "Private Parts"
- Like some warnings
More clues leading to the result STRICT
- Unyielding
- Unbending
- Black-and-white
- Like a martinet
- Rigorous
- Unwilling to give makeup exams, say
- Rigid
- Precise
- Following the letter of the law
- Inflexible about rules
More clues leading to the result TSAR
- Autocrat
- Catherine's husband
- Despot
- Fyodor, for one
- Godunov, for one
- Homeland despot
- Peter the Great, e.g.
- Ruler of yore
- Top Romanov
- Alexander, for one