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