tyrant

adjective

1. (uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.

noun

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

Similar word(s): autocrat, despot

Definition categories: person, dictator, potentate

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

Definition categories: person, ruler, swayer

3. any person who exercises power in a cruel way

- his father was a tyrant

Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul

verb

1. (obsolete) To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.