Dictator

//dɪkˈteɪtə//

Synonyms for "dictator" (35 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)
authoritarian

Strong matches (11)

Related words (17)

Noun(2 words)
monarchpotentate

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

8 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

4 entries

capable of

6 entries

derived

9 entries

derived from

1 entries

desires

2 entries

form of

1 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

2 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

127 translations across 72 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktator noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • diktator noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

Albanian

2 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktatore noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • δικτάτωρ noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)

Arabic

2 entries
  • دِكْتَاتُور noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • دِكْتَاتُورَة noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բռնապետ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • դիկտատոր noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • дыкта́тар noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • дыкта́тарка noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Bengali

1 entries
  • একনায়ক noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Bube

1 entries
  • öpippa noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • дикта́тор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • дикта́торка noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Burmese

2 entries
  • သက်ဦးဆံပိုင် noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • အာဏာရှင် noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 獨裁官 /独裁官 noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • 獨裁者 /独裁者 noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Czech

2 entries
  • diktátor noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktátorka noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Danish

2 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktator noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)

Dutch

1 entries
  • dictator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • diktatoro noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Estonian

1 entries
  • diktaator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Finnish

2 entries
  • diktaattori noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktaattori noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

French

2 entries
  • dictateur noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dictatrice noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Galician

1 entries
  • ditador noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დიქტატორი noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

German

2 entries
  • Diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • Diktatorin noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Greek

2 entries
  • δικτάτορας noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • δικτάτορας noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • דִיקטָטוֹר noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • דיקטאטור noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • רוֹדָן noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अधिनायक noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • अधिनायक noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)
  • तानाशाह noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • diktátor noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • alræðismaður noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • einræðisherra noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • دیکْتاتور noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Irish

1 entries
  • deachtóir noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Italian

2 entries
  • dittatore noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dittatrice noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 独裁者 noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • диктатор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អ្នកប្រើអំណាចផ្ដាច់ការ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Korean

2 entries
  • 독재관 noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • 독재자 noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • диктатор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຜູ້ບົ່ງການ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ຜູ້ຜະເດັດການ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Latin

2 entries
  • dictātor noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dictātor noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)

Latvian

2 entries
  • diktatore noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktators noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • diktatorius noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktatorė noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • дикта́тор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • дикта́торка noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Malay

1 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Manx

2 entries
  • ard-smaghteyder noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ardreillagh noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Marathi

1 entries
  • हुकुमशहा noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • дарангуйлагч noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Norman

1 entries
  • dictateur noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Old English

1 entries
  • tictator noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ديکتاتور noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ډيکټاټور noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Polish

2 entries
  • dyktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dyktatorka noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • ditador noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ditador noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)
  • ditadora noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Romanian

1 entries
  • dictator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Russian

2 entries
  • дикта́тор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • дикта́тор noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dìktātor noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dìktātorica noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dìktātōrka noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • дѝкта̄то̄рка noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • capurali noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)
  • dittaturi noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dittaturi noun ((historical) Ancient Roman magistrate)
  • dittaturi noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

Slovak

2 entries
  • diktátor noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktátorka noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Slovene

2 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktatorka noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Spanish

2 entries
  • dictador noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dictadora noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Swahili

2 entries
  • dikteta noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • dikteta noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

Swedish

3 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • diktator noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)
  • envåldshärskare noun (tyrannical boss, or authority figure)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • diktador noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Tajik

1 entries
  • диктатор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Tatar

1 entries
  • диктатор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Thai

3 entries
  • จอมบงการ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • จอมเผด็จการ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ผู้มีอำนาจ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Turkish

1 entries
  • diktatör noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • дикта́тор noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • дикта́торка noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آمِر noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • تاناشاہ noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • ڈِکْٹیٹَر noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دىكتاتور noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • diktator noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • kẻ độc tài noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)
  • nhà độc tài noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • דיקטאַטאָר noun (totalitarian leader of a dictatorship)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The notorious dictator abused his privileges to his heart's content.

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The dictator had the absolute loyalty of all his aides.

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The dictator enforced obeisance on the people.

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The dictator abused his privileges to his heart's content.

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