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

3 senses of tyrant

Sense 1
tyrant, autocrat, despot -- (a cruel and oppressive dictator)
       => dictator, potentate -- (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)

Sense 2
tyrant -- (in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it)
       => ruler, swayer -- (a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe")

Sense 3
tyrant -- (any person who exercises power in a cruel way; "his father was a tyrant")
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")