dictator

Noun

Meaning

One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

authoritarian despot autocrat oppressor potentate tyrant strongman caesar emperor lord sheik pharaoh czar director ruler
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Antonyms

secretary democrat registrar artist author historian
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Hypernyms

ruler speaker oppressor talker utterer verbalizer

Hyponyms

shogun big brother despot autocrat moralist tyrant

Related terms

dictatorship dictate dictatorial dictatrix

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. Henry Flynt

Every anarchist is a baffled dictator. Benito Mussolini

The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator. Frances Perkins

I'm not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face. Augusto Pinochet

I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator. Augusto Pinochet

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. Colin Powell

Close letter words and terms

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