The depravity of the king's deeds led the people to believe he was nothing more than a tyrant that needed to be overthrown.
Source: tatoeba (2021)
Tyrant
//ˈtaɪɹənt//
Synonyms for "tyrant" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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7 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
8 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
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2 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
Translations
120 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τῠ́ρᾰννος noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Arabic
1 entries- طَاغِيَة noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Armenian
2 entries- բռնակալ noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- բռնապետ noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Avestan
1 entries- 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬀 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Basque
1 entries- tirano noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Breton
1 entries- tirant noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тира́н noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Catalan
4 entries- dèspota noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- tirana noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirà noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirà noun (person who abuses their power)
Chinese
1 entries- 暴君 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 暴主 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- 暴君 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 暴主 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- 暴君 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- 桀紂 /桀纣 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Cornish
2 entries- turant noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- turantes noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Czech
2 entries- tyran noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- tyran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Danish
2 entries- tyran noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- tyran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Dutch
2 entries- tiran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tiran noun (person who abuses their power)
Esperanto
4 entries- tiranino noun (person who abuses their power)
- tiraniĉo noun (person who abuses their power)
- tirano noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirano noun (person who abuses their power)
Finnish
4 entries- hallitsija noun (any monarch or governor)
- hirmuhallitsija noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyranni noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- tyranni noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
French
2 entries- tyran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyran noun (person who abuses their power)
Georgian
3 entries- ტირანი noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- ტირანი noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- ტირანი noun (person who abuses their power)
German
4 entries- Tyrann noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- Tyrann noun (person who abuses their power)
- Tyrannin noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- Tyrannin noun (person who abuses their power)
Greek
2 entries- τύραννος noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- τύραννος noun (person who abuses their power)
Hindi
1 entries- अधिनायक noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Hungarian
4 entries- despota noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- elnyomó noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- kényúr noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- zsarnok noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Ido
3 entries- tiranino noun (person who abuses their power)
- tirano noun (person who abuses their power)
- tiranulo noun (person who abuses their power)
Irish
4 entries- aintiarna noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- anlaith noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- ansmachtaí noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- ansmachtaí noun (person who abuses their power)
Italian
3 entries- tiranna noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tiranno noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tiranno noun (person who abuses their power)
Japanese
1 entries- 暴君 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Korean
2 entries- 참주 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- 폭군 noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Latin
2 entries- tyrannus noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyrannus noun (person who abuses their power)
Macedonian
1 entries- ти́ран noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Manx
4 entries- tranlaasagh noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- treanagh noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- treanyder noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- çhenjagh noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Middle English
4 entries- tyraunt noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- tyraunt noun (any monarch or governor)
- tyraunt noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyraunt noun (person who abuses their power)
Middle French
1 entries- tyran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Norman
2 entries- tyran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyran noun (person who abuses their power)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tyrann noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tyrann noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Old French
1 entries- tirant noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Persian
2 entries- دشخدای noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- ساستا noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Polish
4 entries- autokrata noun (person who abuses their power)
- autokratka noun (person who abuses their power)
- tyran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyran noun (person who abuses their power)
Portuguese
3 entries- tirana noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirano noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirano noun (person who abuses their power)
Romanian
2 entries- tiran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirană noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Russian
4 entries- деспот noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- тира́н noun (historical / Ancient Greece: usurper)
- тира́н noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- тира́н noun (person who abuses their power)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aintighearna noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Spanish
4 entries- tirana noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirano noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tirano noun (person who abuses their power)
- tirano noun (person who uses violence to treat others unjustly)
Swedish
3 entries- best noun (person who abuses their power)
- tyrann noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- tyrann noun (person who abuses their power)
Turkish
1 entries- tiran noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bạo chúa noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
Volapük
4 entries- hitirenan noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- hitirenan noun (person who abuses their power)
- jitirenan noun (harsh and cruel ruler)
- jitirenan noun (person who abuses their power)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.
Source: tatoeba (22664)
Thus, the tyrant succeeded in conquering the kingdom.
Source: tatoeba (60398)
Emperor Nero was an extremely evil tyrant.
Source: tatoeba (240954)
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