The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DESPOTS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.
Tyrants crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESPOTS | 32 % | 7 |
| NEROS | 27 % | 5 |
| OGRES | 23 % | 5 |
| TSARS | 14 % | 5 |
| CZARS | 5 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tyrants
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- autocrat
- despot
- aggressors
- dictators
- gangsters
- oppressors
- despots
- tyrannies
- autocrats
- despotism
- imperialists
- demagogues
Crossword Answer definitions
DESPOTS noun- A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
- A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)
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 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 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 OGRES
- Folklore heavies
- Legendary monsters
- Fairy-tale fiends
- Grimm beasts
- Monsters
- Mythical monsters
- "Ultima" villains
- Beasts
- Big brutes
- Fairy tale baddies
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