Definition of tyrant

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• tyrant is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• tyrant is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• tyrant is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of tyrant

• a cruel and oppressive dictator (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. autocrat
  2. despot
• any person who exercises power in a cruel way (noun)

  Examples

  1. his father was a tyrant
• in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it (noun)

See definition of tyrant in Merriam Webster