czar

noun

ˈzär  ˈ(t)sär 

variants or less commonly tsar or tzar

1

: emperor

specifically : the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution

2

: one having great power or authority

a banking czar

czardom noun

or less commonly tsardom or tzardom

ˈzär-dəm 

ˈ(t)sär-

Synonyms

• baron
• captain
• king
• lion
• lord
• magnate
• mogul
• monarch
• Napoleon
• prince
• tycoon

Examples of czar in a Sentence

a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career

Recent Examples on the Web

The number of immigration arrests at workplaces has tripled since Trump took office, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Monday. —Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Apr. 2025

Trump's border czar Tom Homan on April 28 said the administration deported 139,000 people in the first 100 days – putting the administration on track to remove roughly half a million people this year. —Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025

Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has pledged to ensure Adams supports federal deportation efforts, despite New York’s status as a sanctuary city, a designation that seeks to protect migrants in the country illegally from immigration enforcement. —Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025

DeSantis said on a panel with Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan. —E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

New Latin czar, from Russian tsar', from Old Russian tsĭsarĭ, from Goth kaisar, from Greek or Latin; Greek, from Latin Caesar — more at caesar

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for czar

• ar
• are
• bar
• barr
• car
• carr
• char
• charr
• far
• farre
• haar
• har

Kids Definition

czar

noun

variants also tsar or tzar

ˈzär

1

: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution

2

: one having great power or authority

a baseball czar

czardom noun

also tsardom or tzardom

ˈzärd-əm

Etymology

Latin czar "czar," from Russian tsar' (same meaning), from early Russian tsǐsarǐ, tsěsarǐ "emperor," from a Germanic word kaisar "emperor," derived from Latin Caesar (title of a line of Roman emperors after Augustus Caesar) see Word History at emperor