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1. tyrant
noun. ['ˈtaɪrənt'] a cruel and oppressive dictator.
Synonyms
- dictator
- czar
- potentate
- autocrat
Antonyms
- introvert
- withholder
- male
- adult
Etymology
- tirant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- tyrannus (Latin)
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Rhymes with Tyrant
- aspirant
Sentences with tyrant
1. Adjective
Don't be the tyrant boss that nobody can stand.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Once the tyrant is deposed, the people create a new social contract in place of the old one.
Quotes about tyrant
1. O serpent heart hid with a flowering face!Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave?Beautiful tyrant, feind angelical, dove feather raven, wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of devinest show, just opposite to what thou justly seemest - A dammed saint, an honourable villain!
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
2. The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
- Søren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Kierkegaard
3. Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.
- Winston S. Churchill
2. tyrant
noun. ['ˈtaɪrənt'] any person who exercises power in a cruel way.
Synonyms
- someone
- soul
- person
- individual
- somebody
Antonyms
- unemotional person
- worker
- extrovert
- debtor
Etymology
- tirant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- tyrannus (Latin)
3. tyrant
noun. ['ˈtaɪrənt'] in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it.
Synonyms
- swayer
Antonyms
- follower
- bad guy
Etymology
- tirant (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- tyrannus (Latin)