Need another word that means the same as “oppressor”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “oppressor” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Oppressor” are: persecutor, tyrant, despot, autocrat, bully, slave driver, iron hand, scourge, dictator, tormentor, torturer, intimidator, subjugator
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “oppressor” as a noun can have the following definitions:
autocrat | A ruler who has absolute power. Eva was an autocrat people didn t argue unless they had a lot of courage. |
bully | A hired thug. He is a ranting domineering bully. |
despot | A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way. |
dictator | (in ancient Rome) a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency. My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime. |
intimidator | A person who frightens or overawes someone, especially in order to make them do something. They won t be bullied by the noted intimidators. |
iron hand | Home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth. |
persecutor | A person who persecutes someone, especially for their ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs. A well known curmudgeon and persecutor of buskers. |
scourge | Something causing misery or death. The scourge of mass unemployment. |
slave driver | Someone who works as hard as a slave. |
subjugator | A conqueror who defeats and enslaves. |
tormentor | Someone who torments. They help victims of domestic violence escape their tormentors. |
torturer | Someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion. They died at the hands of sadistic torturers. |
tyrant | A tyrant flycatcher. The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations. |
autocrat | An imperious person who insists on complete obedience from others. Eva was an autocrat people didn t argue unless they had a lot of courage. |
bloodthirsty | Having or showing a desire to kill and maim. Bloodthirsty yells. |
captor | A person that catches or confines another. He managed to escape from his captors two nights later. |
conqueror | Someone who is victorious by force of arms. A people ruled over by a foreign conqueror. |
despot | A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way. |
dictator | A person who behaves in an autocratic way. My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime. |
encroach | Advance beyond the usual limit. The sea has encroached all round the coast. |
governor | A device automatically regulating the supply of fuel, steam, or water to a machine, ensuring uniform motion or limiting speed. The governor of the Bank of England. |
impinge | Impinge or infringe upon. The proposed fencing would impinge on a public bridleway. |
infringe | Advance beyond the usual limit. Such widespread surveillance could infringe personal liberties. |
interloper | A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. To her I was always an outsider an interloper. |
intrude | Thrust oneself in as if by force. They intruded on our dinner party. |
intruder | A person who intrudes, especially into a building with criminal intent. The intruder had pulled out drawers and dumped their contents on the floor. |
intrusion | Entrance by force or without permission or welcome. He was furious about this intrusion into his private life. |
invade | Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. Demonstrators invaded the Presidential Palace. |
invader | Someone who enters by force in order to conquer. The arrival of Spanish invaders. |
invincible | Too powerful to be defeated or overcome. An invincible warrior. |
monocracy | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. |
ruler | A person who rules or commands. |
satrap | A governor of a province in ancient Persia. |
superior | A person superior to another in rank or status especially a colleague in a higher position. Superior officer. |
transgress | Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline. She had transgressed an unwritten social law. |
trespass | Pass beyond (limits or boundaries. A mass trespass on the moor. |
tyrant | A tyrant flycatcher. The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations. |
usurpation | Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority. A succession of generals who ruled by usurpation. |
victor | A code word representing the letter V, used in radio communication. Congratulations to the victors. |
violate | Violate the sacred character of a place or language. Violate my privacy. |
violation | The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will. The aircraft were in violation of UN resolutions. |
violator | A person who breaks or fails to comply with a rule or formal agreement. A curse pronounced over the violators of children. |
winner | A person or thing that wins something. A Nobel Prize winner. |
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