Thesaurus results for STRONGMAN

strongman

noun

ˈstrȯŋ-ˌman

as in dictator

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way a Latin-American strongman who basically treated his nation's coffers as his personal bank account

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Recent Examples of strongman Rodríguez, who took office following the January capture of strongman Nicolás Maduro, said the new figure — a combination of salary and state bonuses — would apply to public workers and should be mirrored by private employers whose wages fall below that level. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 Rácz has been interpreted as a foil to Vladimír Mečiar, a real-life politician who served as Slovakia’s prime minister between 1990 and 1998 and was heavily criticized for his autocratic tendencies, strongman persona, and ties to organized crime. —

Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026 After 16 years, Hungarians had voted their strongman leader, Viktor Orbán, out of office. —

Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026 Someone with a different view of the strongman’s education crackdown is Vice President JD Vance, who was in Hungary this week trying to boost Orbán’s flagging polls ahead of a crucial election Sunday. —

Alexander Smith, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strongman

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Bolstered by his military campaign in Morocco, Franco went on to lead Nationalist forces to victory in the Spanish Civil War, followed by a near 40-year rule as dictator.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 16 May 2026
The first Eurovision boycott was in 1969 — ironically, by Austria, which refused to send a delegation to Spain under dictator Francisco Franco.

— Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026