usurper


Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • noun

Synonyms for usurper

one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
President Rouhani also referred to the decision made by US president on annexing Golan Heights to usurper and colonial Zionists.
An official source at the Ministry added that the act comes as an embodiment of the organic coalition between the US and Israel in the severe hostility to the Arab nation which makes the US as the main enemy of the Arabs though the unlimited support and protection offered by the US successive administrations to the Israeli usurper entity.
This blackout demonstrates the inefficiency of the usurper. The recovery of the electricity sector and the country goes through the cessation of the usurpation," self-proclaimed President Juan Guaido tweeted.
1570: Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V who declared her a usurper. 1723: Sir Christopher Wren, English architect and designer, notably of St Paul's Cathedral, died in London.
We are worse of than times when we were colonized as the usurper of power and policy were not hidden agendas.
"Terrors, crimes and aggression of the usurper regime of Israel still go on with the support and encouragement of the US government amid the silence and accompaniment of some regional countries," Qassemi added.
By contrast, Ayub Khan the first Khaki usurper built his mansion on a hill top in Islamabad which his heirs then sold to Hashwani after his death.
Her topics are Banks' heroic dramas; The Unhappy Favorite and the reinvention of Tudor England; from female saints to political martyrs: Vertue Betray'd, The Innocent Usurper, and the transformative power of the last dying words; and women take center stage: lesbian desire in The Island Queens.
While Pimentel is uncomfortable with the meeting as it could legitimize Garcia, whom he considers a usurper, Go said there could be no harm since all of them support Duterte.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar labelled former president Pervez Musharraf an 'usurper' for illegally awarding land to a club in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD:Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday labelled former president General Musharraf a usurper" for allowing a land in Islamabad to a club illegally.
The Palestinian file has been aggravating since the Zionists' usurpation of Palestinian territories in 1948, amid arrogance and intransigence on the side of the usurper, he said.
| NATIONAL DAY OF KUWAIT | 1570: Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V who declared her a usurper. | 1723: Sir Christopher Wren, English architect and designer, notably of St Paul's Cathedral, died in London and was buried in the crypt of his cathedral.