TYRANT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TYRANT?

Need another word that means the same as “tyrant”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “tyrant” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tyrant” are: autocrat, despot, dictator, absolute ruler, authoritarian, oppressor, slave driver, martinet, scourge

Tyrant as a Noun

Definitions of "Tyrant" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tyrant” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A cruel and oppressive dictator.
• A tyrant flycatcher.
• A cruel and oppressive ruler.
• Any person who exercises power in a cruel way.
• (especially in ancient Greece) a ruler who seized absolute power without legal right.
• A person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way.
• In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it.

Synonyms of "Tyrant" as a noun (9 Words)

absolute ruler	Something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative.
authoritarian	An authoritarian person.
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.
despot	A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
dictator	A speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine. My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime.
martinet	A person who demands complete obedience; a strict disciplinarian. A martinet of a staff officer.
oppressor	A person or group that oppresses people. They overthrew their colonial oppressors.
scourge	A whip used as an instrument of punishment. The scourge of mass unemployment.
slave driver	Someone entirely dominated by some influence or person.

Usage Examples of "Tyrant" as a noun

• His father was a tyrant.
• Her father was a tyrant and a bully.
• The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations.

Associations of "Tyrant" (30 Words)

autocrat	A ruler who has absolute power. Like many autocrats Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive.
autocratic	Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. A man with a reputation for an autocratic management style.
bloodthirsty	(of a story or film) containing or depicting much violence. A bloodthirsty occult movie.
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.
cruelty	A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering. He has treated her with extreme cruelty.
despot	A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
despotism	Dominance through threat of punishment and violence. Some nations are democracies others are despotisms.
dictator	A ruler who is unconstrained by law. My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime.
dictatorship	Absolute authority in any sphere. The effects of forty years of dictatorship.
dominate	Have power and influence over. A picturesque city dominated by the cathedral tower.
fascism	A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism. This is yet another example of health fascism in action.
fascist	An advocate or follower of the political philosophy or system of fascism. Fascist propaganda.
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.
invincible	Incapable of being overcome or subdued. An invincible warrior.
monocracy	A system of government by one person only.
monopolize	Have or take the greatest share of. Sophie monopolized the guest of honour for most of the evening.
oppression	Mental pressure or distress. A response to collective poverty and oppression.
oppressor	A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures. They overthrew their colonial oppressors.
regime	A coordinated programme for the promotion or restoration of health a regimen. A tax regime.
ruler	A straight strip or cylinder of plastic, wood, metal, or other rigid material, typically marked at regular intervals and used to draw straight lines or measure distances.
ruthlessness	The quality of lacking pity or compassion for others. The real world ruthlessness of business.
satrap	A provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.
suppress	Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one’s authority. The rising was savagely suppressed.
tenure	Guaranteed permanent employment especially as a teacher or lecturer after a probationary period security of tenure. Tenure for university staff has been abolished.
totalitarianism	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. Democratic countries were fighting against totalitarianism.
trespass	A wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages. A man who had trespassed against Judaic law.
tyranny	A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. The tyranny of the nine to five day.
viceroy	Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller.
victor	A person who defeats an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition. There were many dead on the field but no clear victor.