Tyrannical Synonyms

tĭ-rănĭ-kəl, tī-
Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. autocratic
  2. authoritarian
  3. despotic
  4. dictatorial
  5. tyrannic
  6. totalitarian
Having and exercising complete political power and control
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. absolute
  2. dictatorial
  3. autocratic
  4. totalitarian
  5. arbitrary
  6. brutal
  7. despotic
  8. domineering
  9. tyrannous
  10. tyrannic
  11. oppressive
  12. fascistic
  13. absolutistic
  14. autarchic
  15. autarchical
  16. autocratical
  17. cruel
  18. monocratic
  19. lordly
  20. harsh
  21. imperious
Characteristic of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic and oppressive:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dictatorial
  2. roughshod

Words Related to Tyrannical

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Tyrannical Sentence Examples

  • He was a tyrannical ruler, and died suddenly in 1522.

  • From this time he became tyrannical.

  • In violation of the Law he married a brother's widow, who had already borne children, and in general he showed himself so fierce and tyrannical that the Jews joined with the Samaritans to accuse him before the emperor.

  • So tyrannical, however, was his rule that in 1316 he was expelled by the popular fury.

  • In 53 he entered upon the governorship of Cilicia, in which capacity he seems to have been rapacious and tyrannical.

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