czar

noun

ˈzär  ˈ(t)sär 

variants or less commonly tsar or tzar

1

: emperor

specifically : the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution

2

: one having great power or authority

a banking czar

czardom noun

or less commonly tsardom or tzardom

ˈzär-dəm 

ˈ(t)sär-

Synonyms

• baron
• captain
• king
• lion
• lord
• magnate
• mogul
• monarch
• Napoleon
• prince
• tycoon

Examples of czar in a Sentence

a showbiz czar who is said to be able to make or break a career

Recent Examples on the Web

Silicon Valley entrepreneur and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks recently purchased a $10.3 million Northwest D.C. residence, while billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick picked up Fox News host Bret Baier's $25 million Foxhall mansion. —Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025

Robert Weiner was Florida Congressman Claude Pepper’s committee Chief of Staff and spokesman for White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey, among others. —Robert Weiner and Katherine White, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025

At a White House briefing Monday, Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, restated his confidence in ICE’s ability to identify Tren de Aragua members. —Will Carless, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson joins Fox & Friends First to discuss border czar Tom Homan and ICE arresting hundreds of criminal migrants despite city officials refusing to cooperate. —Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

New Latin czar, from Russian tsar', from Old Russian tsĭsarĭ, from Goth kaisar, from Greek or Latin; Greek, from Latin Caesar — more at caesar

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for czar

• ar
• are
• bar
• barr
• car
• carr
• char
• charr
• far
• farre
• haar
• har

Kids Definition

czar

noun

variants also tsar or tzar

ˈzär

1

: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution

2

: one having great power or authority

a baseball czar

czardom noun

also tsardom or tzardom

ˈzärd-əm

Etymology

Latin czar "czar," from Russian tsar' (same meaning), from early Russian tsǐsarǐ, tsěsarǐ "emperor," from a Germanic word kaisar "emperor," derived from Latin Caesar (title of a line of Roman emperors after Augustus Caesar) see Word History at emperor