Tyrant and Villain

Tyrant

Tyrant noun - A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way.

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Villain and tyrant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Villain" instead a noun "Tyrant".

Nearby Words: tyrannical, tyranny

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

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Tyrant and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tyrant" instead a noun "Villain".

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

full	full tyrant	full villain
better	better tyrant	better villain
complete	complete tyrant	complete villain
alien	alien tyrant	alien villain
Other adjectives: depraved, powerful, real, great, evil, bad, ultimate, new, former, outright, ruthless, worst, titular, greatest, immortal, said, demonic, eponymous, sadistic.

The rest of the series portrays him as a plain villain and a tyrant, however.

Source: Terror Hero
He closes by saying he has become that which he opposed - a tyrant and a despot - and that history must not laud him but instead treat him as the villain he is.

Source: Literature / Star Trek: Mirror Universe
The people think they've been saved from an evil tyrant, only for Vegeta to remind them that he's a villain as well when he blows up the planet for shits and giggles.

Source: Evil Versus Evil / Anime and Manga