tyrant

English Thesaurus

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator (noun.person)

hypernym	:	dictator, potentate,
definition	:	a ruler who is unconstrained by law (noun.person)

hyponym	:	czar,
definition	:	a person having great power (noun.person)

2. any person who exercises power in a cruel way (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

3. in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it (noun.person)

hypernym	:	ruler, swayer,
definition	:	a person who rules or commands (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	dionysius, dionysius the elder,
definition	:	the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC) (noun.person)

4. a cruel and oppressive dictator (noun.person)

derivation	:	domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize,
definition	:	rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	grind down, tyrannise, tyrannize,
definition	:	rule a country as a tyrant (verb.social)

derivation	:	authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical,
definition	:	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty (adj.all)

derivation	:	despotic,
definition	:	ruled by or characteristic of a despot (adj.all)

derivation	:	oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous,
definition	:	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (adj.all)

derivation	:	despotic, despotical,
definition	:	belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot (adj.pert)

5. any person who exercises power in a cruel way (noun.person)

derivation	:	oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous,
definition	:	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (adj.all)

6. a cruel and oppressive dictator (noun.person)

derivation	:	domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize,
definition	:	rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	grind down, tyrannise, tyrannize,
definition	:	rule a country as a tyrant (verb.social)

derivation	:	authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical,
definition	:	characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty (adj.all)

derivation	:	despotic,
definition	:	ruled by or characteristic of a despot (adj.all)

derivation	:	oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous,
definition	:	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (adj.all)

derivation	:	despotic, despotical,
definition	:	belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot (adj.pert)

7. any person who exercises power in a cruel way (noun.person)

derivation	:	oppressive, tyrannical, tyrannous,
definition	:	marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior (adj.all)