tyrannical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
the oppressive government
Related & opposite
- oppressiveness derivation
- tyrant derivation
- tyrant derivation
- absolutism derivation
- crush derivation
- persecute derivation
- domineering similar to
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
an authoritarian regime
Related & opposite
- potentate derivation
- tyrant derivation
- absolutism derivation
- undemocratic similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | oppressiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolutism |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crush |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | persecute |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | domineering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | absolutism |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undemocratic |