Autocrat

//ˈɔːtəkɹæt//

Synonyms for "autocrat" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(2 words)
despottyrant

Strong matches (9)

Noun(2 words)
autocratordictator

Related words (15)

Noun(2 words)
monarchstrongman

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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Translations

94 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Arabic

2 entries
  • جَبَّار noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • مُسْتَبِدّ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ինքնակալ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • avtokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • аўтакра́т noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • аўтакра́тка noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самадзе́ржац noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самаўла́дца noun (ruler with absolute power)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • автокра́т noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • автокра́тка noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самодържа́вец noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самодържец noun (ruler with absolute power)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သက်ဦးဆံပိုင် noun (ruler with absolute power)

Catalan

1 entries
  • autòcrata noun (ruler with absolute power)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 獨裁者 /独裁者 noun (ruler with absolute power)

Czech

2 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • samovládce noun (ruler with absolute power)

Danish

1 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Dutch

2 entries
  • alleenheerser noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • autocraat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • aŭtokrato noun (ruler with absolute power)

Estonian

1 entries
  • autokraat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Faroese

2 entries
  • einaræðisharri noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • einaveldisharri noun (ruler with absolute power)

Finnish

1 entries
  • itsevaltias noun (ruler with absolute power)

French

1 entries
  • autocrate noun (ruler with absolute power)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ავტოკრატი noun (ruler with absolute power)

German

2 entries
  • Autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • Autokratin noun (ruler with absolute power)

Greek

1 entries
  • δεσπότης noun (ruler with absolute power)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אוטוֹקְרָט noun (ruler with absolute power)

Hindi

1 entries
  • तानाशाह noun (ruler with absolute power)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • zsarnok noun (ruler with absolute power)

Ido

1 entries
  • autokrato noun (ruler with absolute power)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Irish

1 entries
  • uathlathaí noun (ruler with absolute power)

Italian

1 entries
  • autocrate noun (ruler with absolute power)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 独裁者 noun (ruler with absolute power)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • автократ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អត្តាធិបតី noun (ruler with absolute power)

Korean

1 entries
  • 독재자 noun (ruler with absolute power)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • автократ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຜະເດັດການ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Latvian

2 entries
  • autokrāts noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • patvaldnieks noun (ruler with absolute power)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • autokratas noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • autokratė noun (ruler with absolute power)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • автокра́т noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • автокра́тка noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самовласник noun (ruler with absolute power)

Malay

1 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • дарангуйлагч noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Persian

4 entries
  • خداوند noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • خداوندگار noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • خدایگان noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • خودکامه noun (ruler with absolute power)

Polish

4 entries
  • autokrata noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • autokratka noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • samowładca noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • samowładczyni noun (ruler with absolute power)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • autocrata noun (ruler with absolute power)

Romanian

1 entries
  • autocrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Russian

3 entries
  • автокра́т noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самоде́ржец noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самодержа́вец noun (ruler with absolute power)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • autòkrāt noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • samodr̀žac noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • samovlàdār noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • ауто̀кра̄т noun (ruler with absolute power)

Slovak

2 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • samovládca noun (ruler with absolute power)

Slovene

2 entries
  • avtokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • avtokratinja noun (ruler with absolute power)

Spanish

1 entries
  • autócrata noun (ruler with absolute power)

Swedish

3 entries
  • autokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • envåldshärskare noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • självhärskare noun (ruler with absolute power)

Tajik

2 entries
  • автократ noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • мустабид noun (ruler with absolute power)

Thai

1 entries
  • เผด็จการ noun (ruler with absolute power)

Turkish

1 entries
  • otokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • awtokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • автокра́т noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • автокра́тка noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самоде́ржець noun (ruler with absolute power)
  • самодержа́вець noun (ruler with absolute power)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • avtokrat noun (ruler with absolute power)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • người chuyên quyền noun (ruler with absolute power)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the situation.

Source: tatoeba (280571)

The autocrat strove in vain to deal with the awkward situation.

Source: tatoeba (280572)

Bouteflika was described as an autocrat.

Source: tatoeba (10088202)

Your salary is high; you are to have apartments in the house; and to be the autocrat of the library, where, I shrewdly suspect, your reign will be undisturbed.

Source: wiktionary

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