Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

tyrant Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
tyrant
noun(ty-rant)
an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution
tyrant
noun(ty-rant)
a usurper of sovereignty
tyrant
noun(ty-rant)
a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally
tyrant
noun(ty-rant)
any of a large family (Tyrannidae) of American flycatchers that are usually strictly insectivorous and have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape

Words Related to tyrant!

despot, autocrat, dictator, tyrannical, tyranny, tyrannous, authoritarian, bully, tsar, slayer, slayers, guardian, flycatchers, flycatcher, stern, tirana, oppressor, despotism, dictatorship, megalomaniac, autocracy, torturer, ruler, evil, usurper, oligarchy, warlord, saddam, strongman, regime, madman, totalitarianism, theocracy, fascist, kleptocracy, scoundrel, thug, emperor, potentate, warmonger, tyrannicidal, tyranness, despotize, tinhorn, imperialists, mengistu haile mariam, sociopath, liberator, caudillo, traitors, imperium, antiochus, lackeys, mass murderer, papa doc, ogre, pasha, theocrat, enslaver, flatterer, idolater, stooge, vassal, mugabe, revolutionaries, henchmen, blackguard, caliph, evildoers, savages, amalekite, tinpot, egomaniac, satrap, infidel, dictatress, barbarian, proconsul, vassalage, shaytan, imperial, quisling, fuhrer, gaddafi, satrapy, serfs, betrayer, qaddafi, ingrate, simon legree, polynices, bonapartist, fuehrer, narcissist, tyrannic, manichaeism, lawgiver, gerontocracy, enemies, sadist,

tyrant Examples by Brain Bank Users