1. (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator

• autocrat
• despot

1. (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator

• czar

1. (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator

• dictator
• potentate

2. (noun) in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

• ruler
• swayer

3. (noun) any person who exercises power in a cruel way

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

1. (noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator

• authoritarian
• authoritarian
• autocratic
• autocratic
• despotic
• despotic
• dictatorial
• dictatorial
• tyrannic
• tyrannic
• tyrannical
• tyrannical
• despotic
• despotic
• despotic
• despotical
• despotical
• domineer
• tyrannise
• tyrannize
• grind down
• tyrannise
• tyrannize
• oppressive
• tyrannical
• tyrannous

2. (noun) any person who exercises power in a cruel way

• oppressive
• tyrannical
• tyrannous