Thesaurus results for DICTATOR

dictator

noun

ˈdik-ˌtā-tər

as in tyrant

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance

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Recent Examples of dictator Socialists do some of this too, as well as do apolitical dictators. —

Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025 Sadly, the Venezuelan community did what too many others did in the last election: believe a wannabe dictator while trying to protect themselves from a sitting dictator. —

Herald Readers, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025 The war ended in 1939 with the triumph of Gen. Francisco Franco, the leader of the Nationalist forces who became dictator for life. —

Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025 Much of the film, however, explores Vital’s experience as a Spanish immigrant who moved from southern Extremadura to Barcelona, escaping gross poverty and rural oppression under dictator Francisco Franco. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dictator