Definition of
tyrant has definitions from the field of politics
1
[ noun ] (politics) a dictator or dictatorial person

Synonyms

despot autocrat

Used in print

(Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)

From being a hated tyrant and madman he was now the symbol of all that was noblest and best in the history of Sweden .

Related terms

dictator czar dionysius tyrannize

2
[ noun ] in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

Related terms

ruler dionysius

3
[ noun ] any person who exercises power in a cruel way

Examples

"his father was a tyrant"

Related terms

person

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

T AY1 R AH0 N T

Similar Spelling

tyrannid Taranto

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