tyrannize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
rule a country as a tyrant
Types & categories
- dictate hypernym
Related & opposite
- tyrant derivation
Sense 2 verb
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her
Types & categories
- bully hypernym
Related & opposite
- tyrant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dictate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bully |