All despot synonyms
des·pot
D d noun despot
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- oppressor — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
- tyrant — a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
- hitler — Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
- disciplinarian — a person who enforces or advocates discipline: The teacher was a formidable disciplinarian.
- martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.