Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dictator

3 senses of dictator

Sense 1
dictator -- (a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine)
       => speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser -- (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims")

Sense 2
dictator, potentate -- (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)
       => ruler, swayer -- (a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe")

Sense 3
authoritarian, dictator -- (a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime")
       => oppressor -- (a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures)