- informaldomineering, overbearing, or authoritarian
bossyUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɒsi/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbɔsi, ˈbɑsi/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bô′sē, bos′ē) in Spanish |in French |English synonyms |English Collocations |English Usage |Conjugator |in context |images WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025 boss•y1 /ˈbɔsi, ˈbɑsi/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
boss•i•ness,n. [uncountable] boss•y1 (bô′sē, bos′ē),USA pronunciation adj., boss•i•er, boss•i•est.
boss′i•ness,n.
boss•y2 (bô′sē, bos′ē),USA pronunciation adj. boss•i•er, boss•i•est.
bos•sy3 (bos′ē, bô′sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bossy/ˈbɒsɪ/adj (bossier,bossiest)
Collocations:is a bossy [supervisor, child, mother], is a bossy, meddling [supervisor], is bossy and [demanding, controlling], more... Forum discussions with the word(s) "bossy" in the title: as cross and bossy as only a very small boy can be bossy Bossy - only disapproving? bossy boots Bossy boots bossy gold Not all good leaders are bossy Pronunciation: Jossey [bossy, saucy: cot, caught merger] Someone mean and bossy the bossy jut of her chin Look up "bossy" at Merriam-Webster Look up "bossy" at dictionary.com
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