Thesaurus results for OVERLORD

overlord

noun

as in dictator

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Recent Examples of overlord Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail. —

Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026 Or the employee cafeteria in the chains’ corporate overlord’s headquarters flunking an inspection? —

David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026 Turning the dial, Charlamagne’s elevation to multi-platform talk overlord reinforces the South Carolina chatter’s grip on the title of hip-hop personality called upon to represent the culture outside its confines. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025 Refrain from rebelling against the GPS overlord! —

Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overlord

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Noun

Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026
Italy’s triumph over Czechoslovakia in the 1934 final which strengthened the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, for example.

— Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026