tsar
Pre-revolutionary Russian ruler
A tsar is a Russian emperor, the title used by rulers of Russia from the 16th century until the 1917 revolution.
By extension, tsar refers to anyone with great power or authority over a particular domain: a drug tsar, a manufacturing tsar.
In American government, czar is the more common spelling for appointed officials overseeing specific policy areas.
The president named a new border tsar.
Male ruler of empire
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
coronation · regalia · scepter · realm · sovereignty · majesty · court · nobility
Ruler with absolute power
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- dictatorRuler with total control
- absolute rulerLeader with unlimited power
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
oppressor · iron-fisted · totalitarian · autocracy · dominion · supreme power · unchallenged · decree
Russian fortified complex
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- vodkaClear distilled spirit
- samovarWater-heating tea vessel
- troikaSet of three, Russian-derived
matryoshka · gulag · hermitage · ruble · tundra · orthodoxy · boyars · serfdom
Influential industry leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- overlordSupreme feudal superior
- chiefTop-ranking leader
boss · supremo · head honcho · overseer · commissioner
emperor
Male ruler of empire
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- palaceMonarch's official residence
crown · coronation · regalia · scepter · realm · sovereignty · majesty · court · nobility · aristocracy
despot
Ruler with absolute power
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- dictatorRuler with total control
- absolute rulerLeader with unlimited power
authoritarian · oppressor · iron-fisted · totalitarian · autocracy · dominion · supreme power · unchallenged · decree · repressive
kremlin
Russian fortified complex
troika · matryoshka · gulag · hermitage · ruble · tundra · orthodoxy · boyars · serfdom · balalaika
tsarevna
Russian imperial daughter
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
mogul
Influential industry leader
chief · boss · supremo · head honcho · overseer · commissioner
- Crosswordesealee, aloe, epee, erne, etui
- Tsarist Russiaczarina, Romanov, Romanov dynasty, Nicholas II, Alexander
- Balkan Nobilityban, despot, boyar
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- empireempire, emperor, empress, imperial, imperial regalia
Sovereign bound by law
democrat · elected leader · republican · prime minister · anarchist
- tsarist RussiaMonarchy before the Bolsheviks
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Tsardom of RussiaRussian monarchy, 1547-1721
- Russian tsarImperial Russian sovereign
- Tsar BombaLargest nuclear weapon detonated
- Tsar NicholasImperial Russian ruler