The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DUCES , but the solution may also be DESPOTS which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in LA Times).
Dictators crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUCES | 23 % | 5 |
| TYRANTS | 15 % | 7 |
| DESPOTS | 15 % | 7 |
| STRONGMEN | 15 % | 9 |
| NEROS | 8 % | 5 |
| CAESARS | 8 % | 7 |
| TSARS | 8 % | 5 |
| MASTERS | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dictators
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- authoritarian
- potentate
- dictatorships
- rulers
- tyrants
- warlords
- dictatorship
- autocrats
- despots
- dictatorial
- dictatorially
- regimes
Crossword Answer definitions
DUCES noun- The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
- A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
- The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DUCES
- Italian leaders
- Subpoena ___ tecum
- Leaders; chiefs: Ital.
- Italian nobles.
- Principal melodies of fugues: Mus.
- Italian-type leaders.
- Roman commanders.
- Dictators
- Italian dictators
- Former Italian leaders
More clues leading to the result TYRANTS
- Slave drivers
- Tough people to work with
- Absolute rulers
- Dictators
- They're absolutely powerful
- Nasty rulers
- Hard heads
- Merciless bosses
- Ruthless leaders
- Ruthless rulers
More clues leading to the result DESPOTS
- Harsh rulers
- Oppressive rulers
- Harsh bosses
- Tyrannical sorts
- Iron-fisted rulers
- Dictators
- Cruel rulers
- Tough bosses
- Tyrants
- Overbearing rulers
More clues leading to the result STRONGMEN
More clues leading to the result NEROS
- Peter and Franco
- Franco and Peter
- Claudius and Franco
- ___ Circus (site of Peter's crucifixion)
- ___ Golden House (a.k.a Domus Aurea, Roman attraction)
- Peter and Wolfe
- Belonging to Mr. Wolfe
- Tyrannical types
- Peter and Claudius
- Pianist and fiddler
More clues leading to the result CAESARS
- Noted casino, for short
- Emperors
- Vegas casino
- __ Palace
- Julius and Augustus, e.g.
- Roman emperors.
- Autocratic rulers.
- Dictators.
- Emperors.
- Autocrats.
More clues leading to the result TSARS
- Nicholas and Alexander
- Alexis I and Ivan IV
- Peter and Paul
- Peter and Paul, but not Mary
- Bygone rulers
- Former Russian rulers
- Nicholas and Ivan
- Pre 1917 Russian rulers
- Royal Russians
- Russian dynasts