Defenition of the word tyrant

• Defenition of the word tyrant

  • In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it.
  • Any person who exercises power in a cruel way.
  • A cruel and oppressive dictator.
  • a dictator or dictatorial person
  • a cruel and oppressive dictator
  • any person who exercises power in a cruel way; "his father was a tyrant"
  • in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
  • any person who exercises power in a cruel way

Synonyms for the word tyrant

• • autocrat
  • bully
  • despot
  • dictator
  • oppressor
  • persecutor
  • tormenter

Similar words in the tyrant

• • tyrant
  • tyrant's
  • tyrants

Hyponyms for the word tyrant

• • czar
  • Dionysius
  • Dionysius the Elder

Hypernyms for the word tyrant

• • dictator
  • human
  • individual
  • mortal
  • person
  • potentate
  • ruler
  • somebody
  • someone
  • soul
  • swayer

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