dictator
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
Types & categories
- speaker hypernym
Related & opposite
- dictate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a ruler who is unconstrained by law
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- totalitarianism derivation
- dictate derivation
- authoritarian derivation
- dictatorial derivation
Sense 3 noun
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime
Types & categories
- oppressor hypernym
- Big Brother hyponym
- martinet hyponym
Related & opposite
- dictate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dictate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speaker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | totalitarianism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dictate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | authoritarian |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dictatorial |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruler |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shogun |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strongman |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tyrant |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Francois Duvalier |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Duvalier |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Franco |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hitler |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mussolini |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tojo |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dictate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | oppressor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Big Brother |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | martinet |