Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
characteristic of a matriarchy;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
matriarchal \ma`tri*ar"chal\, a.
Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch or
matriarchs; as, a matriarchal society.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
matriarchal
adj 1: characteristic of a matriarchy [ant: patriarchal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "matriarchal":
absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic,
dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic,
governmental, gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchic, monarchal,
monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal,
oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing,
theocratic, totalitarian