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(dɪkteɪtəʳ, US dɪkteɪt-)
Word forms: plural dictators
countable noun
A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
Synonyms: absolute ruler, tyrant, despot, Big Brother More Synonyms of dictator

dictator in British English

(dɪkˈteɪtə)
noun
1. 
a. 
a ruler who is not effectively restricted by a constitution, laws, recognized opposition, etc
b. 
an absolute, esp tyrannical, ruler
2. 
(in ancient Rome) a person appointed during a crisis to exercise supreme authority
3. 
a person who makes pronouncements, as on conduct, fashion, etc, which are regarded as authoritative
4. 
a person who behaves in an authoritarian or tyrannical manner
Derived forms
dictatress (dɪkˈteɪtrɪs) or dictatrix (ˈdɪktətrɪks)
feminine noun

dictator in American English

(ˈdɪkˌteɪtər; dɪkˈteɪtər)
noun
1. 
in ancient Rome, a magistrate with supreme authority, appointed in times of emergency
2. 
a ruler with absolute power and authority, esp. one who exercises it tyrannically
3. 
a person who orders others about domineeringly, or one whose pronouncements on somesubject are meant to be taken as the final word
4. 
a person who dictates words for another to write down
Word origin
ME dictatour < L dictator: see dictate

Examples of 'dictator' in a sentence
dictator

He would bring the same kind of economic stagnation, internal turmoil and discord to our country that other dictators bring to theirs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The downside of honouring a man seen by many in the US as a brutal dictator is felt to outweigh any diplomatic benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Overseas banks have frozen hundreds of billions of dollars in accounts held by the former dictator.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Allies of the former dictator claimed that they had already moved his body to a safer place.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He plays the leader of mercenaries battling a brutal dictator.
The Sun (2010)
Only one leader is left, an absolute dictator.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her only claim to respect derived from a democratic legitimacy that her country 's dictators have lacked.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I watched day laborers with warped ideas of what it meant to be the boss become absolute dictators in the church.
Christianity Today (2000)
A brutal dictator, but a better dad than me.
The Sun (2010)
The death of its founder in October was met with public grief usually reserved for Korean dictators.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A military dictator's wife acts like a military dictator's wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
dictator

British English: dictator /dɪkˈteɪtə/ NOUN
A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country; used showing disapproval.
...foreign dictators.
  • American English: dictator
  • Arabic: ديكتاتور
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ditador
  • Chinese: 独裁
  • Croatian: diktator
  • Czech: diktátor
  • Danish: diktator
  • Dutch: dictator
  • European Spanish: dictador
  • Finnish: diktaattori
  • French: dictateur
  • German: Diktator
  • Greek: δικτάτορας
  • Italian: dittatore
  • Japanese: 独裁者
  • Korean: 독재자
  • Norwegian: diktator
  • Polish: dyktator
  • European Portuguese: ditador
  • Romanian: dictator
  • Russian: диктатор
  • Latin American Spanish: dictador
  • Swedish: diktator
  • Thai: ผู้เผด็จการ
  • Turkish: diktatör
  • Ukrainian: диктатор
  • Vietnamese: nhà độc tài

Chinese translation of 'dictator'

dictator

(dɪkˈteɪtəʳ) (pej)

n (c)

  1. (= ruler) 独(獨)裁者 (dúcáizhě) (名, míng)
  2. (= overbearing person) 霸道的人 (bàdào de rén) (个(個), gè)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
the country's long-term military dictator
Synonyms
absolute ruler
tyrant
Since 1804 the country has been mostly ruled by tyrants.
despot
He described the president as a ruthless despot.
Big Brother
oppressor
The rebels called upon the people to rise up against their oppressors.
control freak
autocrat
Her management style was that of an unapologetic autocrat.
absolutist
martinet

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absolutist
Synonyms
dictator,
authoritarian,
tyrant,
Big Brother,
totalitarian,
arbiter,
control freak,
despot,
autocrat
in the sense of autocrat
Definition
a dictatorial person
Her management style was that of an unapologetic autocrat.
Synonyms
dictator,
tyrant,
Big Brother,
control freak,
despot,
absolutist
in the sense of despot
Definition
any person in power who acts tyrannically
He described the president as a ruthless despot.
Synonyms
tyrant,
dictator,
totalitarian,
Big Brother,
oppressor,
control freak,
autocrat,
monocrat

Synonyms of 'dictator'

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