All ruler synonyms

noun ruler

• empress — A female emperor.
• master — botmaster
• emperor — A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.
• commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
• drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
• emir — A title of various Muslim (mainly Arab) rulers.
• maharajah — (formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
• mistress — a woman who has authority, control, or power, especially the female head of a household, institution, or other establishment.
• gaffer — the chief electrician on a motion-picture or television production.
• big gun — If you refer to someone as a big gun, you mean that they have a lot of power or influence.
• governor — the executive head of a state in the U.S.
• knout — a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
• monarch — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
• chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
• controller — A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.
• matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
• knouts — a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
• dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
• marquis — a nobleman ranking next below a duke and above an earl or count.
• crowned head — a monarch
• big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
• duke — Edward Kennedy ("Duke") 1899–1974, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
• head of state — the person who holds the highest position in a national government: a meeting of heads of state.
• headman — a chief or leader.
• kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
• archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
• emeer — Alternative spelling of emir.
• orchestrator — One who orchestrates.
• lord — a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
• dukes — Benjamin Newton, 1855–1929, and his brother, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, U.S. industrialists.
• kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
• caliph — A Caliph was a Muslim ruler.
• grande dame — a usually elderly woman of dignified or aristocratic bearing.
• queen — Ellery, joint pen name of Manfred Bennington Lee and Frederick Dannay.
• bullwhip — A bullwhip is a very long, heavy whip.
• caesar — Gaius Julius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs). 100–44 bc, Roman general, statesman, and historian. He formed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (60), conquered Gaul (58–50), invaded Britain (55–54), mastered Italy (49), and defeated Pompey (46). As dictator of the Roman Empire (49–44) he destroyed the power of the corrupt Roman nobility. He also introduced the Julian calendar and planned further reforms, but fear of his sovereign power led to his assassination (44) by conspirators led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus
• leader — a person or thing that leads.
• kingpin — Bowling. headpin. the pin at the center; the number five pin.
• gerent — a ruler or manager.
• foreperson — a foreman or forewoman.
• khan — an inn or caravansary.
• earl — a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”.
• ceo — CEO is an abbreviation for chief executive officer.
• birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
• graybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
• counsellor — A counsellor is a person whose job is to give advice to people who need it, especially advice on their personal problems.
• cos — one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands in the SE Aegean Sea, off the SW coast of Turkey. 111 sq. mi. (287 sq. km).
• chief of state — the titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
• mikado — (sometimes initial capital letter) a title of the emperor of Japan.
• crown — A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.