Synonyms for despot
ˈdɛs pət, -pɒtdespot

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1. despot

   Synonyms:
   tyrant, autocrat

   Antonyms:
   slave, subject

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1. tyrant, autocrat, despotnoun

   a cruel and oppressive dictator

   Synonyms:
   autocrat, tyrant

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1. • Dictator

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1. despotnoun

   Synonyms:
   autocrat, dictator, tyrant, absolute sovereign, absolute ruler

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1. despotnoun

   Synonyms:
   tyrant, autocrat

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1. List of known nicknames for "Despot":

   Alec Reinstein

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1. Thomas Bailey:

   The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.

2. Tom Cotton:

   North Korea has a long history of demanding concessions merely to negotiate, kim Jong Un is a murderous despot and habitual liar.

3. Ben Emmerson:

   It was a crass and clumsy gesture from an increasingly isolated tin pot despot, a morally deranged authoritarian who was at that very moment clinging desperately onto political power in the face of international sanctions and a rising chorus of international condemnation, after years of negotiation and appeasement, the world has lost its patience now with Mr Putin's judo politics and his cringing hard-man photo opportunities.

4. Chris Barron:

   They believe that Trump is somehow this autocratic despot and they're waiting for any words that fill in that narrative.

5. Herbert Spencer:

   If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves If people by a plebiscite elect a man despot over them, do they remain free because the despotism was of their own making