nnoun.persona cruel and oppressive dictatorSynset:autocrat despot
Derivationally Related Form:despotictyrannousdespoticaltyrannizeautocratic
Hypernyms:dictator potentate
Inherited Hypernyms:tyrantdictatorrulerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:tyrantdictatorrulerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:czar
nnoun.personin ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to itHypernyms:ruler swayer
Inherited Hypernyms:tyrantrulerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:tyrantrulerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Instance Hyponyms:Dionysius Dionysius the Elder
nnoun.personany person who exercises power in a cruel wayDerivationally Related Form:tyrannous
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:tyrantpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:tyrantpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity