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Synonyms & Antonyms of tyrannical
1
exercising power or authority without interference by others
- a tyrannical ruler whose terrible reign was marked by unceasing violence
Synonyms for tyrannical
- absolute,
- arbitrary,
- autocratic
- (also autocratical),
- czarist
- (also tsarist or tzarist),
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- monocratic,
- tyrannous
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2
fond of ordering people around
- even when he was still a toddler, he tended to be a tyrannical playmate
Synonyms for tyrannical
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- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- disdainful,
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-hat,
- huffy,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- proud,
- self-asserting,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
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“Tyrannical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tyrannical. Accessed 30 Jun. 2022.
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