The despot was seen surrounded by demonstrators.
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Despot
//ˈdɛs.pət//
Synonyms for "despot" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (15)
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1 entriesderived
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60 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Arabic
4 entries- الطَاغِي noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- طَاغٍ noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- طَاغِيَة noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- ظَالِم noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Armenian
2 entries- բռնակալ noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- բռնապետ noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Belarusian
1 entries- дэ́спат noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- де́спот noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Catalan
1 entries- dèspota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 暴君 noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- 霸王 noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Czech
1 entries- despota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Danish
1 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Dutch
1 entries- despoot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Esperanto
1 entries- despoto noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Estonian
1 entries- despoot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Finnish
1 entries- despootti noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
French
1 entries- despote noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Georgian
1 entries- დესპოტი noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
German
2 entries- Despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- Despotin noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Greek
1 entries- δεσπότης noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Hebrew
1 entries- רודן noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Hindi
1 entries- अधिनायक noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Hungarian
3 entries- despota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- kényúr noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- zsarnok noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Irish
1 entries- forlámhaí noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Italian
1 entries- despota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Japanese
1 entries- 暴君 noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Korean
1 entries- 폭군 noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Lao
2 entries- ທໍຣະຣາດ noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- ທໍລະລາດ noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Latin
1 entries- tyrannus noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Latvian
1 entries- despots noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- despotas noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Macedonian
1 entries- деспот noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Persian
1 entries- مستبد noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Polish
1 entries- despota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Portuguese
1 entries- déspota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Romanian
1 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Russian
1 entries- де́спот noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Slovak
1 entries- despota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Slovene
1 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Spanish
1 entries- déspota noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Swedish
1 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Tajik
1 entries- мустабид noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Thai
1 entries- ทรราช noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Turkish
4 entries- despot noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- diktatör noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- müstebit noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- mütegallibe noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- де́спот noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bá vương noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
- bạo quân noun (ruler with absolute power; tyrant)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The slave has his pride; he agrees to obey only the most vigorous despot.
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According to some historians, Napoleon was an enlightened despot because of improvements he made in the social institutions of France. Others denounce him as an egocentric dictator because of the large number of people who died in his wars.
Source: tatoeba (4271032)
At home, Tom obeys his wife, but at work, he's a despot.
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