Entry Word: despot

Function: noun

Meaning: a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way <the despot threw anyone who dared to criticize his rule into jail>

Synonyms autocrat, dictator, oppressor, potentate, tyrant

Related Words dominator, master, overlord, ruler; king, lord, monarch, prince, queen, sovereign; baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), magnate, mogul, tycoon; authoritarian, disciplinarian, discipliner, martinet