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caesar

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of caesar

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way

like many another third-world caesar, he cared little for the destitute class into which he himself had been born

Synonyms of caesar

despot, dictator, führer (or fuehrer), oppressor, pharaoh, strongman, tyrannizer, tyrant

Words Related to caesar

autarch, autocrat, monocrat

authoritarian, Big Brother, paramount, potentate, totalitarian

caudillo, overlord, warlord

boss, captain, chief, dominator, kingpin, leader, master, overlord, ruler

king, lord, monarch, prince, queen, sovereign (also sovran)

baron, czar (also tsar), magnate, mogul, tycoon

disciplinarian, discipliner, enforcer, martinet, taskmaster

Phrases Synonymous with caesar

man on horseback

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