Definition for Dictator:

• One possessing absolute power.

Synonyms for Dictator:

• n.

  •
  • usurper,
  • magnate,
  • shah,
  • terrorist,
  • sachem,
  • tsar,
  • master,
  • cock of the walk,
  • caliph,
  • oligarch,
  • sultan,
  • wirepuller,
  • disciplinarian,
  • tycoon,
  • enforcer,
  • khan,
  • rajah,
  • commander,
  • pharaoh,
  • lord,
  • Simon Legree,
  • sheik,
  • warlord,
  • lord of the ascendant,
  • person at the wheel,
  • kaiser,
  • caesar,
  • nazi,
  • inquisitor,
  • lama,
  • mogul,
  • overlord,
  • emir,
  • boss,
  • the Establishment,
  • absolute monarch,
  • leader,
  • figurehead,
  • czar,
  • adviser,
  • robber baron.
  •
  • nag,
  • over.
  •absolute ruler (noun)
  • oppressor,
  • hitler,
  • slavedriver,
  • despot,
  • totalitarian,
  • autocrat.
  •chief (noun)
  • fore-people,
  • fore-person,
  • forepeople,
  • over seers,
  • top cats,
  • head persons,
  • key players,
  • super-visors,
  • over-seers,
  • super visors,
  • fore-persons,
  • fore person,
  • head people,
  • top brasses,
  • super-visor,
  • over seer,
  • fore people,
  • head honchos,
  • super visor,
  • forepersons,
  • fore persons.
  •dictator (noun)
  • potentate.
  •emperor (noun)
  • sultans.
  •person (noun)
  • dictator.
  •potentate (noun)
  • queen,
  • princess,
  • crowned heads,
  • head of state,
  • princesses,
  • crowned head.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • employer,
  • fascist,
  • king,
  • tormentor,
  • bully boy,
  • slave driver,
  • supremo,
  • man on horseback,
  • pied piper,
  • strongman,
  • headman,
  • chieftain,
  • power structure,
  • point person,
  • battleax,
  • taskmaster,
  • big brother,
  • power broker,
  • control freak,
  • moralist,
  • demagogue.
  •
  • mistress,
  • gatekeeper,
  • president,
  • bruiser,
  • standard-bearer,
  • spearhead,
  • governor.
  •
  • establishment.
  •
  • head.
  •
  • man.

Paraphrases for Dictator:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dictatorship.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dictates.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tyrant.

Antonyms for Dictator:

• n.

  • absolute ruler
    worker, follower, employee.

Dictator Sentence Examples:

• And this is the reason that the man so named is called dictator; for dicere in Latin means to name.

• He stated that about the 10th of August, the Marseillais were much courted by the two parties who divided the capital; he was brought to Robespierre's, and there he was told to ally himself to those citizens who had acquired most popularity, and that Paris expressly named to him, Robespierre, as the virtuous man who was to be dictator of France.

Homophones for Dictator:

• decoder, destroy, detector, do-gooder, Dutch Door, disaster, disaster area, dogwood tree, daisy cutter, doctorow, destroyer, daystar, digitaria, duster, dog star, dishwater, daughter, digester, doctor, dexter, decatur.

Hyponym for Dictator:

• n.

  • person
    utterer, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, speaker.