Synonyms of iron-handed

1 Syllable

hard, firm, stiff, cruel, strict, stern, dour, harsh, cold, grim

2 Syllables

earnest, bossy, biting, sober, grave, serious, flinty, caustic, rigid, cutting, close, bossier, scathing

3 Syllables

forbidding, pitiless, resolved, strait-laced, austere, unchanging, crack-the-whip, unsparing, severest, unfeeling, astringent, unsmiling, autarchic, severer, tight-lipped, relentless, hard-nosed, unbending

4 Syllables

oppressive, domineering, obdurate, unrelenting, resolute, dictative, dictatorial, peremptory, inflexible, autarchical, satirical, disapproving

5 Syllables

unalterable, autocratical, inexorable

6 Syllables

inconsiderate