TYRANT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a cruel and oppressive dictator
   Synonym(s)
   • autocrat (what does autocrat mean?)
   • despot (what does despot mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tyrant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dictator (what does dictator mean?)
   • potentate (what does potentate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • czar (what does czar mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • tyrannize (what does tyrannize mean?)
   • tyrannise (what does tyrannise mean?)
   • grind down (what does grind down mean?)
   • tyrannize (what does tyrannize mean?)
   • tyrannise (what does tyrannise mean?)
   • domineer (what does domineer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any person who exercises power in a cruel way
   Usage Example(s)
   • his father was a tyrant
   Hypernyms(s) tyrant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • person (what does person mean?)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • someone (what does someone mean?)
   • somebody (what does somebody mean?)
   • mortal (what does mortal mean?)
   • human (what does human mean?)
   • soul (what does soul mean?)
3. Meaning
   • in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
   Hypernyms(s) tyrant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ruler (what does ruler mean?)
   • swayer (what does swayer mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Dionysius (what does Dionysius mean?)
   • Dionysius the Elder (what does Dionysius the Elder mean?)