dethroner
Toppler of kings
A dethroner is someone or something that removes another from a position of dominance or supremacy.
The word appears most often in sports and competition: The young challenger became the dethroner of the longtime champion.
It can apply to any context where established power or status is overthrown.
One who removes authority
displace · supplant · depose · eject · vanquish · overpower · overcome · conqueror
Illegitimate claimant to power
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
conspirator · regicide · coup · treason · ambition · intrigue · illegitimate · succession
One who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- mutineerSailor who revolts
- insurrectionistOne who rebels violently
resistance · guerrilla · uprising · revolt · rebellion · liberation · freedom fighter · opposition
deposer
One who removes authority
dislodge · displace · supplant · depose · eject · vanquish · overpower · overcome · conqueror · victor
pretender
Illegitimate claimant to power
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
schemer · conspirator · regicide · coup · treason · ambition · intrigue · illegitimate · succession · crown
insurgent
One who revolts
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- mutineerSailor who revolts
insurrectionist · resistance · guerrilla · uprising · revolt · rebellion · liberation · freedom fighter · opposition · defiance
dethronerloyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
royalist · king's man · faithful servant · monarchist · courtier
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