Dictator
Dictator noun - A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way.
Usage example: the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance
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Synonyms for Dictator
King and dictator are semantically related. In some cases you can use "King" instead a noun "Dictator".
King
King noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.
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How words are described
| human | human dictator | human king |
| old | old dictator | old king |
| good | good dictator | good king |
| certain | certain dictator | certain king |
| Other adjectives: alien, current, benevolent, corrupt, strong, powerful, real, evil, infamous, absolute, cruel, tyrannical, new, crazy, late, former, next, last, insane, immortal, local, eponymous, deposed. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The plan was that Deathstroke would kill the Clock King and the dictator would kill Deathstroke.
Source: Comic Book / DC Rebirth -
The dictator rejects his plea because "You are too thin to be a king" and has the king thrown into prison as an impostor.
Source: Adipose Rex - She goes to the king, warns him, gets Xena captured, imprisoned, and sentenced to death, all to find out that the king is a matricidal dictator.
Source: Pacifism Backfire
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