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Antonyms for oligarchs
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ol-i-gahrk |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒl ɪˌgɑrk |
Definition of oligarchs
Origin :- c.1600, from Middle French olygarche, oligarque, from Greek oligarkhes, related to oligarkhia (see oligarchy).
- As in ruler : noun historically, person who ruled an area
- As in strongman : noun dictator
- As in dictator : noun absolute ruler
- At every pause the rabble below yelled, 'Down with the Oligarchs!
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- But these are precisely the things which the oligarchs will not allow him to touch with his finger.
- Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
- His ideal of a government was an oligarchy, with him and his like as oligarchs.
- Extract from : « Mark Gildersleeve » by John S. Sauzade
- Oligarchs and democrats go wrong in their conception of the good.
- Extract from : « Politics » by Aristotle
- Sumner fulminated against what he called the oligarchs of slavery.
- Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed
- Such a system forced the oligarchs into an attitude of opposition.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 » by Various
- The oligarchs did not dare permit the telling of the whole truth.
- Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
- And in these cities will the oligarchs dwell and worship beauty.
- Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
- Under the oligarchs will flourish, not a priest class, but an artist class.
- Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
- And as the oligarchs had done with the morning papers, so had they done in a thousand other ways.
- Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
Synonyms for oligarchs
- absolutist
- adviser
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- baron
- baroness
- Big Brother
- boss
- caesar
- caliph
- chief
- commander
- contessa
- count
- countess
- crowned head
- czar
- czarina
- dame
- despot
- disciplinarian
- duchess
- duke
- dynast
- emperor
- empress
- fascist
- fuhrer
- gerent
- Hitler
- imperator
- kaiser
- khan
- king
- lady
- leader
- lord
- magnate
- maharajah
- maharani
- majesty
- man on horseback
- mikado
- mogul
- monarch
- oligarch
- oppressor
- overlord
- pasha
- potentate
- prince
- princess
- queen
- rajah
- rani
- rex
- ringleader
- royal
- shah
- slavedriver
- sovereign
- sultan
- sultana
- totalitarian
- tycoon
- tyrant
- usurper
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