All oligarch synonyms

noun oligarch

• autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
• boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
• chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
• commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
• despot — A despot is a ruler or other person who has a lot of power and who uses it unfairly or cruelly.
• fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
• leader — a person or thing that leads.
• tycoon — a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate: a business tycoon; a political tycoon.
• 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.
• absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
• adviser — An adviser is an expert whose job is to give advice to another person or to a group of people.
• 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.
• magnate — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
• mogul — any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
• 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.
• ringleader — a person who leads others, especially in opposition to authority, law, etc.: a ringleader of revolutionary activities.
• totalitarian — of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
• usurper — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
• historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
• czar — an emperor: title of any of the former emperors of Russia and, at various times, the sovereigns of other Slavic nations
• emperor — A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.
• king — one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland.
• monarch — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
• shah — (formerly, in Iran) king; sovereign.
• sultan — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
• baron — A baron is a man who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility.
• baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
• caesar — Gaius Julius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs). 100–44 bc, Roman general, statesman, and historian. He formed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (60), conquered Gaul (58–50), invaded Britain (55–54), mastered Italy (49), and defeated Pompey (46). As dictator of the Roman Empire (49–44) he destroyed the power of the corrupt Roman nobility. He also introduced the Julian calendar and planned further reforms, but fear of his sovereign power led to his assassination (44) by conspirators led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus
• caliph — A Caliph was a Muslim ruler.
• count — A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl.
• countess — A countess is a woman who has the same rank as a count or earl, or who is married to a count or earl.
• czarina — variant spellings (esp US) of tsarina or tsaritsa
• dame — Dame is a title given to a woman as a special honour because of important service or work that she has done.
• duchess — the wife or widow of a duke.
• duke — Edward Kennedy ("Duke") 1899–1974, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
• dynast — A member of a powerful family, especially a hereditary ruler.
• empress — A female emperor.
• kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
• khan — an inn or caravansary.
• lady — a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.
• lord — a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
• maharajah — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
• maharani — (formerly) the wife of a maharajah.
• majesty — regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur: majesty of bearing; the majesty of Chartres.
• mikado — (sometimes initial capital letter) a title of the emperor of Japan.
• overlord — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
• pasha — a title, placed after the name, formerly held by high officials in countries under Turkish rule.
• potentate — a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.