Library / English Dictionary

DESPOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cruel and oppressive dictator

Synonyms:

autocrat; despot; tyrant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("despot" is a kind of...):

dictator; potentate (a ruler who is unconstrained by law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "despot"):

czar (a person having great power)

Derivation:

despotic (characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty)

despotic (ruled by or characteristic of a despot)

despotic; despotical (belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot)

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