Tyrant Synonyms and Antonyms

tīrənt
An absolute ruler, especially one who is harsh and oppressive
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. despot
  2. dictator
  3. oppressor
  4. big brother
  5. autarch
  6. usurper
  7. autocrat
  8. führer
  9. bully
  10. caesar
  11. man on horseback
  12. czar
  13. martinet
  14. strongman
  15. persecutor
  16. totalitarian
  17. overlord
  18. tsar
One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. despot
  2. dictator
  3. autocrat
  4. authoritarian
  5. absolute ruler
  6. martinet
  7. inquisitor
  8. totalitarian
Antonyms:
  1. democrat

Words Related to Tyrant

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Tyrant Sentence Examples

  • Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

  • He was the perfect model of a tyrant.

  • In 386 he excited the jealousy of the tyrant by secretly marrying his niece, and was sent into banishment.

  • This event happened previous to the expulsion of the tyrant Christiern the Second from Sweden.

  • This tyrant had made himself justly odious; and when he was hunted to death in 1259, the triumph was less for the Guelph cause than for humanity outraged by the iniquities of such a monster.

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