Synonym: dictator, oppressor, ruler, slave driver, tyrant. Similar words: on the spot, despondent, spot, spotted, espouse, bespoke, respond, response. Meaning: ['despɒt] 
n. a cruel and oppressive dictator.
n. a cruel and oppressive dictator. 31, Charlotte always arranges everything in our house and rules us like a despot.
32, He was a local despot, who committed all kinds of crimes.
More similar words: on the spot, despondent, spot, spotted, espouse, bespoke, respond, response, espousal, despair, despite, desperate, tablespoon, respondent, correspond, responsive, responsible, widespread, despicable, desperation, desperately, correspondent, responsibility, be responsible for, corresponding to, pot, potato, potent, potency, potpourri.