Word "TYRANT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a cruel and oppressive dictator
Synonyms:
autocrat, despot

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any person who exercises power in a cruel way
Examples:
his father was a tyrant

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

Crossword Clues for TYRANT

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Oppressor (6) Puzzler 05 Sep 2025
Despot helped to make a martyr anthology (6)
___ flycatcher, bird in the world's largest avian family (6)
Despot The Telegraph Quick 20 Jun 2025
Despotic ruler destroyed arty books (6)
Despot(6)
Despot Mirror Classic 24 May 2025
Despotic ruler Mirror Tea Time 24 May 2025
Unjust ruler
Tyrone starts to shout wildly at despot (6)
Autocrat(6)
Ruler who uses power arbitrarily (6)
Slave-driving boss
Despotic ruler The Times Concise 01 Mar 2025
Oppressive ruler in the party ran the election (6)
Some petty ranting from despot (6)
Betty ran to get away from the dictator (6)
Despot, explosive, incarcerates poor Ray The Sun Two Speed 21 Jan 2025
Oppressive ruler The Sun Two Speed 21 Jan 2025
Despotic type making totally empty blustery speech (6)
Try out worker as dictator (6)
Autocrat's extremely trashy diatribe (6)
Drunk Ray jailed by explosive oppressor The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2024
Despot The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2024
Opressive ruler (6)
Harsh master apt to turn ratty about a bit of fun (6)
Martyr Anthony a bit of a despot (6) Puzzler Cryptic 13 Dec 2024
Fiery speech supporting extremely tetchy, oppressive boss The Times Quick Cryptic 05 Nov 2024
A cruel and oppressive ruler (6)
Oppressive leader USA Today 27 Oct 2024
Unknown artist jailed by explosive autocrat (6)
Cruel and oppressive ruler (6)
An autocrat in the city ran things
Try out worker for autocrat (6)
Martyr Anthony 3 bit of a despot (6)
Autocrat Thomas Joseph 13 Aug 2024
Ruthless ruler Universal 09 Aug 2024
Despot Eugene Sheffer 08 Aug 2024
Martyr Anthony a bit of a despot (6) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Jul 2024
The autocrat in the party ran things his way (6)
A despot (6)
Despot, dictator (6)
NT Arty? Bully for them! (6)
Martyr Anthony a bit of a despot (6) Puzzler Cryptic 31 May 2024
One who hardly rules?
From necessity ran to oppressor (6)
A person who governs oppressively, unjustly and arbitrarily (6)
Extremely tricky to yell at dictator
NT Arty? No bull! Why?
Oppressor's extremely touchy diatribe
One governing in a cruel and oppressive manner The Times Concise 23 Mar 2024
Martyr Anthony a bit of a despot (6) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Feb 2024
Feared ruler
Cruel ruler New York Times 16 Feb 2024
Try to change, little one! Become a bully! (6)
Martyr Anthony a bit of a despot (6) Puzzler Cryptic 27 Jan 2024
Thanes yield initially at tirade from despot (6)
One may be extremely testy and shout (6)
Caligula was one
Despot The Telegraph Quick 06 Sep 2023
Bully's outwardly terribly strong words The Times Cryptic 19 Jul 2023
Bully, in reality, ran theatre The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Mar 2023
Despot with extremely tetchy tirade The Times Cryptic 19 Dec 2022
Oppressive ruler Wall Street Journal 04 Oct 2022
Oppressor The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2022
Autocrat Thomas Joseph 02 Sep 2022
Dictator's extremely tawdry wild speech The Guardian Cryptic 04 Jul 2022
Dictator The Telegraph Quick 08 Jun 2022
Napoleon in "Animal Farm," e.g Universal 16 Apr 2022
Despot The Times Concise 03 Apr 2022
Bad leader not overthrown in middle of battle The Times Cryptic 08 Feb 2022
Despot The Guardian Quick 15 Dec 2021
Dictator's heartless attempt to deliver a tirade The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Dec 2021
Ruler gives extremely tacky and intemperate speech The Times Cryptic 09 Nov 2021
Despot‘s extremely tetchy outburst
Despot's extremely tetchy outburst The Guardian Cryptic 18 Oct 2021
Bully not retreating in, ultimately, fist fight The Telegraph Toughie 17 Sep 2021
Hollow tipsy tirade of despot
Iron-fisted ruler
Despot The Times Concise 16 Jul 2021
Autocratic leader Wall Street Journal 28 Jun 2021
Drunk Ray jailed by explosive oppressor The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2021
Autocrat, Russia's leader in unusually natty clothing
Cruel boss The Washington Post 25 Apr 2021
Cruel boss LA Times Daily 25 Apr 2021
Oppressive ruler Wall Street Journal 21 Apr 2021
Dictator The Telegraph Quick 02 Apr 2021
Coup target, perhaps The Washington Post 21 Mar 2021
Coup target, perhaps LA Times Daily 21 Mar 2021
Cruel ruler The Times Concise 05 Mar 2021
Autocrat Thomas Joseph 06 Feb 2021
Despot The Telegraph Quick 28 Jan 2021
Cruel and oppressive dictator Irish Times Simplex 10 Dec 2020
Ruthless ruler Newsday 05 Nov 2020
Oppressive ruler The Washington Post 28 Sep 2020
Oppressive ruler LA Times Daily 28 Sep 2020
Despot, autocrat Irish Times Simplex 24 Sep 2020
Very tough boss LA Times Daily 04 Jul 2020
Very tough boss The Washington Post 04 Jul 2020
Absolute ruler's angry tirade after Troy gutted The Telegraph Cryptic 25 May 2020
Authoritarian deputy ran the shows
Absolute ruler Family Time 17 May 2020
Despot's extremely timely tirade
Oppressor's extremely tacky tirade
Oppressive ruler The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2020
Despot, explosive, incarcerates wounded Ray The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2020
Despot The Sun Two Speed 04 Sep 2019
Criminal Ray jailed by explosive oppressor The Sun Two Speed 04 Sep 2019
Play truant without Paul - the bully! Irish Times Crosaire 11 May 2019
Bad, bad boss New York Times 14 Nov 2018
Dictatorial boss Newsday 07 Feb 2018
Bad, bad boss
Despot Eugene Sheffer 09 Oct 2017
He reportedly is on par with resistance worker? On the contrary
Soldier, perhaps, under war god and despot
Cruel ruler's extremely tawdry outburst
Bully never returns in case of threat
Oppressor Wall Street Journal 08 Apr 2017
Oppressive leader Wall Street Journal 20 Mar 2017
Despot‘s terribly hollow violent speech
Authoritarian type regularly stays talking crosswords
Bully fled in Toyota, ejecting regular occupants
Ogre at the office Newsday 23 Dec 2016
Dictator Newsday 14 Sep 2016
Play truant without Paul and Uncle Joe Irish Times Crosaire 06 Sep 2016
Caligula, e.g New York Times 14 Aug 2016
Oppressive sort Wall Street Journal 18 Jun 2016
Ruthless ruler The Washington Post 27 May 2016
Cruel dictator The Telegraph Quick 10 May 2016
Hard taskmaster thereby disheartened with harangue The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Apr 2016
Tense year with soldier becoming despot
Supreme warrior seen by worker as big bully The Times Cryptic 20 Jan 2016
Oppressive ruler
Caligula, e.g.
Despotic one USA Today 03 Dec 2015
Boss you'd like to toss The Washington Post 16 Nov 2015
Oppressive ruler The Times Concise 03 Sep 2015
Uncompromising sort New York Times 23 Jul 2015
Iron-fisted ruler New York Times 25 May 2015
'The only ___ I accept in this world is the still small voice within me': Gandhi New York Times 15 Apr 2015
Despotic one Universal 01 Feb 2015
Fist-pounding boss, say New York Times 02 Jan 2015
Despotic one
Despotic one
"The only ___ I accept in this world is the still small voice within me": Gandhi
Boss you'd like to toss
Uncompromising sort
Fist-pounding boss, say
Iron-fisted ruler
Bossy boss
Some nasty ranting despot
Dictator implicated in atrocity ran trials
Bullying boss: 'I must sack useless worker'
Tough boss
Overthrow target
Despot
Despot
Ruler who's crueler
Despot
Rough ruler
Fist-pounding sort
Dictator
Tough boss to work for
Bully‘s heartless right-wing bombast
Mean monarch
Oppressive boss
Oppressive boss
Coup target, perhaps
Coup target, perhaps
Oppressive boss
Amin, for one
Despot
Ruthless ruler
Iron-fisted boss
Monocrat
Absolute ruler
Taskmaster
Autocrat
Despot
Dictator...
54-Down, e.g.
Despot
Coup target
Despot
Coup target
Polycrates, for example
Despot
Iron-fisted ruler
Simon Legree
Autocrat
Tough boss to work for
Simon Legree
Despot
Tough boss
Tough boss
Ivan or Peter
Ruthless ruler
Nero, e.g.
Mean ruler
Autocrat
Nero, e.g.
Despotic ruler
Cross boss
Cross boss
Despot
Autocrat
Dictator
Harsh ruler
Simon Legree
Bossy boss
Ruler gives extremely tacky and intemperate speech
Despotic ruler
Bossy boss
He who must be obeyed
Unscrupulous leader
Despotic one
Ivan the Terrible e.g.
Autocrat
Not an easy boss
Legree type
Cruel master
Overbearing one
Dictator
Slave-driver
Periander of Corinth was one.
Hard taskmaster.
Oppressor.
Autocrat.
Oppressive ruler.
An oppressor.
Periander, for one.
Unfair taskmaster.
Absolute ruler.
Slave driver's cousin.
Ruler of sorts.
Despot.
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