tyrannic

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US/tɪˈɹæ.nɪk/

adjective

Tyrannical.

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authoritarianautocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannicalundemocratic
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Meanings

adjectivetyrannic (comparative more tyrannic, superlative most tyrannic)

comparative more tyrannic · superlative most tyrannic · alternative tyrannick

  1. datedTyrannical.

    The meek intelligence of thoſe dear eyes / (Bleſt be the art that can immortalize, / The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim / To quench it) here ſhines on me ſtill the ſame.

    1790, William Cowper, “On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture out of Norfolk. The Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham.”, in Poems […], London: […] [F]or J[oseph] Johnson, […] by T[homas] Bensley, […], published 1806, →OCLC, page 579

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty

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authoritarianautocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannicalundemocratic
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authoritarianautocraticdespoticdictatorialtyrannical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tyrannic

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Cite this entry
APA

tyrannic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannic

MLA

“tyrannic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tyrannic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannic.

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