Synonyms for Tyrannize:

n.
- intimidate,
- oppress,
- mistreat,
- hit out,
- reject,
- shove around,
- kick around,
- abuse,
- do someone wrong.
- trample.
- boss,
- rule,
- order.
• grind down (noun)
- grind down.
• tyrannise (noun)
- tyrannise.
v.
• boss around (verb)
- orders around,
- ordering around,
- pushed around,
- pushes around.
• browbeat (verb)
- co-wing,
- lords it over,
- puts through wringer,
- lorded over,
- over-bore,
- co-wed,
- despotizes,
- over bore,
- over-awing,
- over-awes,
- over awe,
- over bears,
- lords over,
- putting through the wringer,
- over awing,
- over bear,
- puts heat on,
- over-bears,
- overborn,
- over-borne,
- lorded it over,
- over borne,
- puts through the wringer,
- co wed,
- lording over,
- putting the chill on,
- lording it over,
- putting chill on,
- co wing,
- over-awed,
- putting through wringer,
- puts chill on,
- over-awe,
- leans on,
- lord over,
- overbore,
- leant on,
- over awes,
- over-born,
- over born,
- Over-bearing,
- leaned on,
- despotizing,
- despotized,
- over bearing,
- puts the chill on,
- putting heat on,
- over awed.
• bully (verb)
- riding roughshod,
- buffaloing,
- turns heat,
- turn heat,
- turned the heat,
- turned on the heat,
- rid roughshod,
- walking heavy,
- turns the heat,
- turned on heat,
- walks heavy,
- turning on heat,
- turning the heat,
- turn the heat,
- turn on heat,
- rode roughshod,
- rides roughshod,
- turning on the heat,
- turns on the heat,
- walked heavy,
- turned heat,
- turns on heat,
- turning heat,
- showboated.
• command (verb)
- ex-acts,
- exercises power,
- hast authority,
- re presses,
- ex-acted,
- pre vail,
- pre-scribe,
- over-rides,
- super-intending,
- reigning over,
- sub due,
- has authority,
- haddest authority,
- over-ridden,
- super vise,
- pre vailed,
- co-ached,
- pre vailing,
- pre dominated,
- over rides,
- re press,
- sub-dues,
- over ridden,
- pre dominates,
- ex-acting,
- pre dominating,
- pre dominate,
- ex-act,
- re strain,
- re-strains,
- re straining,
- ex act,
- reigned over,
- took over,
- over rode,
- pre scribing,
- presides over,
- presiding over,
- pre-dominated,
- re-pressing,
- reigns over,
- re-strained,
- pre scribes,
- re pressing,
- super-intends,
- pre-vails,
- re-press,
- super intends,
- over-rode,
- held office,
- holds office,
- re-strain,
- pre scribe,
- co ached,
- over-riding,
- super-vise,
- hadst authority,
- ex acted,
- sub-due,
- pre-dominating,
- re pressed,
- co-aching,
- super intending,
- ex acts,
- pre-dominate,
- sub dues,
- super-intend,
- super intend,
- holding office,
- re strains,
- takes over,
- pre-vailed,
- super vising,
- pre-dominates,
- super intended,
- re-presses,
- having authority,
- exercising power,
- re strained,
- re-straining,
- co aching,
- over ride,
- pre-scribing,
- ex acting,
- pre vails,
- had authority,
- super-vised,
- over riding,
- pre-scribes,
- hath authority,
- super vised,
- pre-scribed,
- pre-vail,
- exercised power,
- super-intended.
• dominate (verb)
- hadst one way,
- leading by nose,
- running the show,
- super-abound,
- held sway over,
- detracts from,
- detracting from,
- sub jugate,
- has upper hand,
- having upper hand,
- over shadowed,
- sate top of,
- over-shadowing,
- holding sway over,
- has way,
- hast way,
- hast one's way,
- over-ruled,
- having one's way,
- lays down the law,
- prevailing over,
- hath one's way,
- super-abounds,
- super abounding,
- super abound,
- having way,
- hath one way,
- had ones way,
- lay down law,
- over-shadows,
- hath upper hand,
- super abounds,
- rule roost,
- laying down the law,
- superabounding,
- had one's way,
- sits top of,
- out-shined,
- out-shine,
- keeps under thumb,
- haddest upper hand,
- have one way,
- sate on top of,
- playing first fiddle,
- runs the show,
- over shadowing,
- ran the show,
- sub-jugate,
- out shines,
- lead by nose,
- prevailed over,
- having ones way,
- sat on top of,
- over-rule,
- leads by the nose,
- over ruling,
- super-abounded,
- has one way,
- has ones way,
- sat top of,
- over ruled,
- sit top of,
- sitting on top of,
- out shone,
- laying down law,
- sits on top of,
- hast ones way,
- sitting top of,
- hadst way,
- over shadows,
- superabounded,
- prevails over,
- have way,
- out shined,
- over-shadowed,
- haddest one way,
- super abounded,
- out shining,
- haddest way,
- out shine,
- haddest one's way,
- plays first fiddle,
- running show,
- hath ones way,
- had one way,
- out-shines,
- lays down law,
- hast upper hand,
- keeping under thumb,
- hast one way,
- over rules,
- laid down the law,
- holds sway over,
- hath way,
- played first fiddle,
- kept under thumb,
- ran show,
- detracted from,
- haddest ones way,
- has one's way,
- runs show,
- run show,
- superabounds,
- hadst one's way,
- leading by the nose,
- laid down law,
- over-rules,
- hadst ones way,
- over-shadow,
- over-ruling,
- out-shone,
- super-abounding,
- over rule,
- led by nose,
- having one way,
- out-shining,
- over shadow,
- had way,
- hadst upper hand,
- have ones way,
- leads by nose,
- had upper hand.
• domineer (verb)
- art saddle,
- pushes buttons,
- being the saddle,
- in drivers seat,
- inned the driver seat,
- was the saddle,
- is in the saddle,
- be saddle,
- ins the drivers seat,
- inning driver seat,
- inning drivers seat,
- wast in the saddle,
- inned driver seat,
- inning the driver seat,
- inned the driver's seat,
- ins the driver seat,
- are in saddle,
- in the drivers seat,
- wast in saddle,
- pushing buttons,
- is the saddle,
- wert the saddle,
- being in the saddle,
- kicks around,
- ins the driver's seat,
- inned drivers seat,
- are in the saddle,
- are the saddle,
- art the saddle,
- art in saddle,
- pushing the buttons,
- pushed buttons,
- is saddle,
- pushed the buttons,
- wast the saddle,
- art in the saddle,
- inned the drivers seat,
- runs things,
- ran things,
- were in the saddle,
- threw weight around,
- was in saddle,
- were in saddle,
- throws weight around,
- are saddle,
- in the driver seat,
- am saddle,
- is in saddle,
- were the saddle,
- wert saddle,
- wast saddle,
- wert in saddle,
- ins drivers seat,
- inning driver's seat,
- ins driver's seat,
- was in the saddle,
- inning the driver's seat,
- was saddle,
- being in saddle,
- in driver seat,
- were saddle,
- inning the drivers seat,
- pushes the buttons,
- am the saddle,
- inned driver's seat,
- be the saddle,
- wert in the saddle,
- being saddle,
- ins driver seat.
• govern (verb)
• grind (verb)
- holds down.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- bullyrag,
- dictate,
- strong-arm,
- push around,
- hector,
- over,
- control,
- ballyrag.
• persecute (verb)
- are one case,
- being on ones case,
- were on ones case,
- is one case,
- wert case,
- were ones case,
- be on ones case,
- wast ones case,
- drives up wall,
- were case,
- out-rage,
- am on case,
- was on one's case,
- wert on one case,
- be one's case,
- are case,
- drave the wall,
- drives the wall,
- driving wall,
- am on one case,
- out-raging,
- was on ones case,
- are on one case,
- out-raged,
- be on one case,
- are on ones case,
- are ones case,
- was one case,
- drove up the wall,
- driving the wall,
- being on case,
- is case,
- drive up wall,
- drive the wall,
- is one's case,
- drove wall,
- were on one's case,
- drives up the wall,
- driving up the wall,
- being on one's case,
- drive wall,
- wast on one's case,
- being on one case,
- driving up wall,
- was one's case,
- were on one case,
- am case,
- being one's case,
- is on ones case,
- out raged,
- drave up wall,
- out-rages,
- be case,
- being one case,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-tressed,
- being case,
- be ones case,
- art one's case,
- are one's case,
- wert ones case,
- was case,
- drave wall,
- dis tresses,
- was on case,
- is on one's case,
- dis tress,
- ill treat,
- out rages,
- wert one's case,
- wert on ones case,
- is on case,
- were one case,
- wast case,
- wast on one case,
- art ones case,
- wert on case,
- was on one case,
- drave up the wall,
- drives wall,
- are on case,
- art case,
- be one case,
- was ones case,
- am one case,
- were one's case,
- wert on one's case,
- being ones case,
- am ones case,
- am on ones case,
- dis-tress,
- drove the wall,
- is on one case,
- am on one's case,
- is ones case,
- wert one case,
- be on case,
- wast on ones case,
- dis tressed,
- wast on case,
- am one's case,
- are on one's case,
- wast one's case,
- drove up wall,
- wast one case,
- were on case.
• preponderate (verb)
• ride (verb)
- art arbitrary,
- be rate,
- up-braiding,
- up braided,
- wert autocratic,
- am arbitrary,
- is autocratic,
- were arbitrary,
- up braids,
- be rating,
- was autocratic,
- was arbitrary,
- be-rating,
- are autocratic,
- be rated,
- art autocratic,
- wast autocratic,
- up braid,
- re vile,
- be-rated,
- were autocratic,
- wert arbitrary,
- is arbitrary,
- wast arbitrary,
- being arbitrary,
- am autocratic,
- be-rates,
- be rates,
- up-braids,
- are arbitrary,
- up-braid,
- re-vile,
- being autocratic,
- be-rate,
- up-braided.
Other synonyms:
• boss around
- Dragooned,
- Tyrannized,
- ordered around,
- pushing around,
- dragoons,
- order around,
- Dragooning,
- dragoon.
• command
- presided over,
- have authority,
- hold office,
- preside over,
- Wielding,
- prevails,
- exercise power,
- reign over,
- take over,
- over-ride,
- predominates,
- taking over.
• dominate
- Subjected,
- detract from,
- lay down the law,
- prevail over,
- hold sway over,
- Subjecting,
- Superabound,
- preponderate,
- call shots,
- led by the nose,
- play first fiddle,
- have upper hand,
- have one's way,
- lead by the nose,
- keep under thumb,
- run the show,
- sit on top of.
• domineer
- throwing weight around,
- throw weight around,
- be in the saddle,
- in driver's seat,
- kicking around,
- run things,
- push the buttons,
- in the driver's seat,
- henpecked,
- kicked around,
- be in saddle,
- running things.
• Other relevant words:
- ground,
- governs,
- Martyred,
- headed up,
- governed,
- grind,
- Piloted,
- dominate,
- Overawing,
- bully,
- overbear,
- leaning on,
- command,
- held sway,
- ride,
- hold sway,
- ride roughshod,
- be in driver's seat,
- wears the crown,
- torturing,
- heads up,
- overawed,
- lean on,
- persecute,
- captained,
- overawes,
- showboats,
- overbears,
- browbeat,
- put through wringer,
- put chill on,
- exercising authority,
- showboat,
- bludgeoning,
- put through the wringer,
- Menaced,
- be in the driver's seat,
- hold down,
- be arbitrary,
- captaining,
- govern,
- exercise authority,
- buffaloed,
- drive up the wall,
- holding sway,
- Illtreat,
- assume command,
- ill-treat,
- pull the strings,
- walk heavy,
- hold dominion,
- serve the people,
- Buffaloes,
- over-bear,
- head up,
- boss around,
- turn on the heat,
- bludgeoned,
- lord it over,
- overawe,
- held down,
- occupy throne,
- overborne,
- be autocratic,
- put heat on,
- put the chill on,
- buffalo,
- wore the crown,
- showboating,
- Martyring,
- domineer,
- pull strings,
- be on one's case,
- piloting,
- call the signals,
- Despotize,
- be in power,
- wear the crown,
- ridden,
- oversees.
• preponderate
- reign supreme.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- bend,
- nag,
- tread down,
- trample down,
- humble,
- annoy,
- alarm,
- keep after,
- compel,
- heckle,
- punish,
- wreak,
- scare,
- humiliate,
- conquer,
- discourage,
- crush,
- railroad,
- harry,
- masterful,
- suppress,
- dominant,
- bring to terms,
- bring low,
- walk all over,
- hound,
- dismay,
- arrogant,
- maltreat,
- shackle,
- enslave,
- ride roughshod over,
- threaten,
- martyr,
- abash,
- arbitrary,
- Tyrannizing,
- overwhelm,
- override,
- irritate,
- badger,
- expedite,
- wear down,
- subdue,
- usurp,
- push,
- terrorize,
- keep under,
- deal hardly with,
- menace,
- subjugate,
- hassle,
- victimize,
- rag,
- overbearing,
- pressurize,
- make subservient,
- castrate,
- commanding,
- wear away,
- plague,
- wrong,
- tyrannizes,
- overpower,
- manipulate,
- Henpeck,
- daunt,
- dictate to,
- bulldoze,
- quell,
- afflict,
- terrify,
- frighten,
- overmaster,
- order about,
- authoritative,
- molest,
- tread under foot,
- beat down,
- overlord,
- autocratic,
- subject,
- torture,
- domineering,
- appal,
- pester,
- master,
- dictatorial,
- inflict,
- cow,
- pressure,
- lordly,
- imperious,
- enthral,
- squeeze,
- keep down,
- terrorise,
- aggrieve,
- awe,
- coerce,
- unman,
- torment,
- trample under foot,
- bossy,
- obsess,
- lord,
- reduce,
- break,
- trample upon,
- repress,
- give no quarter,
- clamp down on,
- trample underfoot,
- overcome,
- harass,
- petrify,
- provoke,
- assume,
- break down,
- force,
- outrage,
- arrogate.

How to use "Tyrannize" in context?

Tyrannize is a word meaning to exercise complete control over someone or something. This can be done through physical or psychological means. When exercised through physical means, the subject is usually dominated or restrained. Through psychological means, the subject is made to comply with the tyrant's wishes without question or dissent. The use of tyrannize often intimidation or the fear of retribution. TYRANNY is a form of government in which one person or group wields absolute power over a populace. TYRANNY can exist in various forms such as dictatorship, oligarchy, or mob rule.

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