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ˈtaɪ rənttyrant

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Wiktionary1.5 / 2 votes

  1. tyrantnoun

    Synonyms:
    dictator, martinet, autocrat, despot

  2. tyrantnoun

    An absolute ruler who governs without restriction.

    Synonyms:
    martinet, despot, dictator, autocrat

  3. tyrantnoun

    A harsh and cruel ruler.

    Synonyms:
    martinet, autocrat, dictator, despot

  4. tyrantnoun

    An oppressive, cruel and harsh person.

    Synonyms:
    despot, dictator, autocrat, martinet

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 3 votes

  1. tyrant

    Synonyms:
    despot, persecutor, oppressor

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 8 votes

  1. tyrant, autocrat, despotnoun

    a cruel and oppressive dictator

    Synonyms:
    autocrat, despot

  2. tyrantnoun

    in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

    Synonyms:
    autocrat, despot

  3. tyrantnoun

    any person who exercises power in a cruel way

    "his father was a tyrant"

    Synonyms:
    autocrat, despot

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tyrantnoun

    Synonyms:
    despot, absolute ruler

  2. tyrantnoun

    Synonyms:
    oppressor, cruel master

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.5 / 4 votes

  1. tyrantnoun

    Synonyms:
    despot, autocrat, oppressor, persecutor, usurper

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tyrant":

    bully, tyrannical, tyrannous, tyranny, tirana

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How to use tyrant in a sentence?

  1. Barbara Tuchman:

    Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

  2. Plato:

    The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs when he first appears he is a protector.

  3. Pierre Corneille:

    Love is a tyrant sparing none.

  4. Aristotle:

    Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

  5. Aesop:

    Any excuse will serve a tyrant.


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