All tyrant synonyms

noun tyrant

• 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.
• 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.
• enforcer — One who enforces.
• fuehrer — Führer.
• dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
• monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
• ogre — a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
• 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.
• nazi — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
• nazis — a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
• fuhrer — leader.
• drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
• bulldozer — A bulldozer is a large vehicle with a broad metal blade at the front, which is used for knocking down buildings or moving large amounts of earth.
• 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.
• formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
• harasser — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
• meany — a small-minded, petty, or malicious person: The children said their teacher was a real meany.
• martinet — a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
• absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
• absolutists — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
• foreperson — a foreman or forewoman.
• man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
• fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
• oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
• despot — A despot is a ruler or other person who has a lot of power and who uses it unfairly or cruelly.
• disciplinarian — a person who enforces or advocates discipline: The teacher was a formidable disciplinarian.
• oppresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppress.
• browbeater — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
• big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
• 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
• megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
• autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
• meanie — Informal. meany.