Synonyms of autocrat

autocrat

noun

ˈȯ-tə-ˌkrat 

as in ruler

one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority

European autocrats once commonly believed that they had received the right to rule directly from God

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruler
• monarch
• emperor
• sovereign
• king
• potentate
• queen
• dictator
• prince
• tyrant
• overlord
• empress
• Caesar
• sultan
• despot
• emir
• satrap
• czar
• shah
• authoritarian
• suzerain
• mogul
• kaiser
• lord
• khedive
• coruler
• khan
• mikado
• führer
• Big Brother
• monocrat
• paramount

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of autocrat

Practical limitations do not evaporate, even for an autocrat believed to spend much of his time isolated in a bunker. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Marcos Pérez Jiménez, the autocrat who ruled the country in the mid-twentieth century, commissioned modern architectural projects to project an image of the country as, if not progressive, at the very least progressing. — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Conquerors and autocrats may win the immediate battle by bullying their subjects into submission, but their empires inevitably crumble the moment their iron grip falters. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Trump might soon gain another ideological bedfellow in Peru with the election of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of late autocrat Alberto Fujimori. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026