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typical, adj. 1. representative, illustrative, paradigmatic, classic, quintessential; suggestive, evidential, symptomatic, implicative; exemplary, sample, pilot, experimental, model, true to type, true to form; characteristic, distinctive, indicatory, indicative; demonstrative, denotative, connotative; distinguishing, dif-ferentiative, discriminative, diacritical.
2. symbolic, emblematical, typal, epitomical; particular, specific, special, figural, idiosyncratic, peculiar, singular; categorical, classificational, taxonomical, divisional, subdivisional.
3. normal, ordinary, regular, standard, stock, household, regulation; usual, general, natural, common, commonplace, run-of-the-mill; customary, normative, conventional, habitual, to be expected, Inf. par for the course.
typify, v. 1. exemplify, represent, stand for, serve as an example, instance; signify, denote, indicate, mean, token, connote; imply, evince, suggest, evidence, mark, manifest; illustrate, epitomize, personify, embody; be a case or instance of, give an idea of, point to.
2. symbolize, portend, foretell, prophesy, shadow; prefigure, augur, bode, betoken; presage, foreshadow, Archaic, bespeak.
tyrannical, adj. tyrannous, despotic, despotical, autocratic, iron-handed; arbitrary, high-handed, overweening, overbearing, dictatorial, domineering, authoritarian, imperious, peremptory, high-and-mighty, lordly, majesterial; heavy-handed, oppressive, harsh, strict, severe, hard, tough, rigorous, demanding, exacting; cruel, cold-blooded, barbarous, brutal, brutish, savage, inhuman; ruthless, merciless, pitiless, heartless, unfeeling, hard-hearted, cold-hearted; relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, implacable, inflexible, unmovable, unyielding.
tyrannize, v. rule despotically, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron hand; dominate, domineer, have the upper or whip hand, wield the power or scepter; boss or boss around, dictate to, order around, tell [s.o.] what to do, lay down the law, call the shots or plays; browbeat, intimidate, bully, ride roughshod over, trample, ride herd on, Inf. step on or step all over, Inf use [s.o.] for a doormat, mistreat, maltreat, abuse; overlord, lord it over, oppress, suppress, repress, keep down or under, keep under one's thumb; force, coerce, compel, constrain, Sl. put the screws to; break, humble, crush, overpower, overcome, overwhelm, get the better of; subdue, subjugate, subject, subordinate, enthrall, enslave, reduce to slavery, hold captive, hold in bondage.
tyranny, n. 1. despotism, dictatorship, supremacy, sovereignty, absolute power, unlimited authority, complete control, domination; iron hand or fist, iron rod, iron rule; oppression, repression, suppression.
2. absolutism, totalitarianism, autocracy, monocracy, one-man rule, one-party rule; czarism, Caesarism, kaiserism, Stalinism, imperialism; U.S. (of politics) bossism.
3. severity, severeness, harshness, strictness, hardness, rigorousness, toughness; cruelty, brutality, inhumanity, inhumanness; ruthlessness, mercilessness, pitilessness, relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness, implacability, implacableness.
tyrant, n. despot, autocrat, dictator, oppressor; monocrat, autarch, absolute or supreme ruler, monarch, sovereign, emperor, king; lord, master, overlord; taskmaster, slave driver, martinet, Simon Legree.
tyro, n. beginner, abecedarian, novice, novitiate, neophyte, catechumen, tenderfoot, Sl. greenhorn; rookie, recruit, raw recruit, newcomer, new member, entrant, freshman, plebe, initiate; learner, pupil, student, protdgd, disciple, follower; apprentice, trainee, probationer, intern, Educ. student teacher.
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