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pharaoh
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PHARAOH
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way <like some pharaoh of a third-world country, more interested in building monuments to himself than in creating a future for his people>
Related Words autarch, autocrat, monocrat; authoritarian, Big Brother, paramount, potentate, totalitarian; caudillo, overlord, warlord; boss, captain, chief, dominator, kingpin, leader, master, overlord, ruler; king, lord, monarch, prince, queen, sovereign (also sovran); baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), magnate, mogul, tycoon; disciplinarian, discipliner, enforcer, martinet, taskmaster
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