reign

English Thesaurus

1. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch (noun.state)

hypernym	:	dominion, rule,
definition	:	dominance or power through legal authority (noun.state)

hyponym	:	scepter, sceptre,
definition	:	the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter (noun.state)

2. the period during which a monarch is sovereign (noun.time)

hypernym	:	age, historic period,
definition	:	an era of history having some distinctive feature (noun.time)

3. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (noun.time)

hypernym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

hyponym	:	reign of terror,
definition	:	any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France (noun.time)

4. have sovereign power (verb.social)

hypernym	:	govern, rule,
definition	:	exercise authority over; as of nations (verb.social)

5. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	override,
definition	:	prevail over (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	overarch,
definition	:	be central or dominant (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	outbalance, outweigh, overbalance, preponderate,
definition	:	weigh more heavily (verb.stative)

6. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch (noun.state)

derivation	:	reign, reign,
definition	:	have sovereign power (verb.social)

7. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (noun.time)

derivation	:	dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule,
definition	:	be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (verb.stative)

8. have sovereign power (verb.social)

derivation	:	reign, sovereignty,
definition	:	royal authority; the dominion of a monarch (noun.state)

derivation	:	reign,
definition	:	the period during which a monarch is sovereign (noun.time)

9. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (verb.stative)

derivation	:	preponderance, prevalence,
definition	:	a superiority in numbers or amount (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	predominance, predomination, prepotency,
definition	:	the state of being predominant over others (noun.state)

derivation	:	reign,
definition	:	a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (noun.time)

derivation	:	dominant, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife,
definition	:	most frequent or common (adj.all)

10. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch (noun.state)

derivation	:	reign, reign,
definition	:	have sovereign power (verb.social)

11. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (noun.time)

derivation	:	dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule,
definition	:	be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (verb.stative)

12. have sovereign power (verb.social)

derivation	:	reign, sovereignty,
definition	:	royal authority; the dominion of a monarch (noun.state)

derivation	:	reign,
definition	:	the period during which a monarch is sovereign (noun.time)

13. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance (verb.stative)

derivation	:	preponderance, prevalence,
definition	:	a superiority in numbers or amount (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	predominance, predomination, prepotency,
definition	:	the state of being predominant over others (noun.state)

derivation	:	reign,
definition	:	a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful (noun.time)

derivation	:	dominant, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife,
definition	:	most frequent or common (adj.all)