Tyrant

Noun

 * 1) An absolute ruler who governs without restriction.
 * 2) A harsh and cruel ruler.
 * 3) An oppressive, cruel and harsh person.

Synonyms

 * autocrat
 * dictator
 * despot
 * martinet

Related terms

 * tyrannical
 * tyranny

Adjectives for Tyrant
unpersuaded; professed; inexorable; implacable; early; despotic; cunniag; cruel; sportive; petty; vindictive; remorseless; domestic; power-mad; avaricious; guiltiest; benevolent; invaluable; feminine; pious; sanguinary; ambitious; maniacal; haughty; cloud-piercing; usurping.

Verbs for Tyrant
oppose—; play—; prove—; rebel against—; repel—; resist—; serve—; submit to—; administers; —arrogates; —assumes; —beguiles ; —butchers ; —coerces; —crushes; — dictates; —domineers ; —enslaves; —op¬presses; —overrides; —persecutes; —subjugates; —tramples; —usurps; —wields; — yokes.

Thesaurus
Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, authoritarian, autocrat, bully, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, martinet, oligarch, oppressor, overlord, pharaoh, slave driver, stickler, strong man, totalitarian, usurper, warlord

Etymology
From tirant: (French tyran:) <  tyrannus: <  τύραννος:.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: tirano
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , kényúr


 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tyrann
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: tirenan,  hitirenan,  jitirenan


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tyrann
 * Volapük: tirenan,  hitirenan,  jitirenan


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: tyrann
 * Volapük: tirenan,  hitirenan,  jitirenan