Synonyms of tyranny

tyranny

noun

as in dictatorship

a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power

a popular uprising replaced that nation's tyranny with freedom and democracy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dictatorship
• fascism
• despotism
• Communism
• autocracy
• totalitarianism
• authoritarianism
• tsarism
• absolutism
• monarchy
• autarchy
• Caesarism
• oppression
• tzarism
• totalism
• czarism
• monarchism
• domination
• Nazism
• monocracy
• Big Brother
• Big Brotherism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• democracy
• freedom
• self-government
• self-rule
• self-governance
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• autonomy
• sovranty