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overlord
[oh-ver-lawrd] 
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overlord
[oh-ver-lawrd]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tyrant |
| Synonyms: | chief, czar, despot, emperor, ruler, suzerain |
| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge |
| Synonyms: | big cheese, big gun, big wheel, bigwig, boss, captain, chieftain, commander, dictator, director, foreperson, general, governor, head, head honcho, head person, honcho, key player, leader, manager, monarch, overlord, overseer, president, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruler, sovereign, superintendent, supervisor, suzerain, top brass, top cat |
| Antonyms: | apprentice, employee, servant, subordinate, underling, worker |
| Main Entry: | master |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person in charge, female or male |
| Synonyms: | administrator, boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commandant, commander, commanding officer, conqueror, controller, director, employer, general, governor, guide, guru, head, head person, instructor, judge, lord, manager, matriarch, overlord, overseer, owner, patriarch, pedagogue, preceptor, principal, pro, ruler, schoolmaster/ mistress, skipper, slave driver, spiritual leader, superintendent, supervisor, swami, taskmaster, teacher, top dog, tutor, wheel |
| Antonyms: | servant |
| Main Entry: | ruler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, person who ruled an area |
| Synonyms: | baron, baroness, caesar, caliph, contessa, count, countess, crowned head, czar, czarina, dame, duchess, duke, dynast, emperor, empress, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, king, lady, lord, magnate, maharajah, maharani, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, oligarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, princess, queen, rajah, rani, rex, royal, shah, sovereign, sultan, sultana, tycoon |
| Antonyms: | commoner, subject |
| Main Entry: | king |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruler |
| Synonyms: | baron, caesar, caliph, crowned head, czar, emperor, gerent, imperator, kaiser, khan, magnate, maharajah, majesty, mikado, mogul, monarch, overlord, pasha, potentate, prince, rajah, rex, shah, sovereign, sultan, tycoon |
| Main Entry: | lord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, earl, governor, king, leader, liege, magnate, man upstairs, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, old man, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount |
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