Synonyms for reign
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1. reign

   Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.

   Synonyms:
   command, control, curb, direct, govern, influence, manage, mold, reign over, restrain, rule, sway

   Antonyms:
   be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yield

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1. reign

   Synonyms:
   rule, govern, prevail, command

   Antonyms:
   obey, submit

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1. reignnoun

   a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful

   "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"

   Synonyms:
   sovereignty

2. reignnoun

   the period during which a monarch is sovereign

   "during the reign of Henry VIII"

   Synonyms:
   sovereignty

3. reign, sovereigntyverb

   royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

   Synonyms:
   sovereignty

4. reignverb

   have sovereign power

   "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"

   Synonyms:
   dominate, predominate, prevail, rule

5. predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevailverb

   be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

   "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

   Synonyms:
   eclipse, govern, dominate, predominate, rein, endure, overshadow, hold, overtop, overlook, run, prevail, rule, obtain, hulk, harness, loom, find, tower, command, persist, triumph, decree, master, die hard

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1. • Historic Period
   • Rule
   • Time Period

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1. reignverb

   Synonyms:
   rule, be king, exercise sovereign authority

2. reignnoun

   Synonyms:
   royalty, sovereignty, royal authority

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1. reignnoun

   Synonyms:
   sovereignty, rule, dominion, regnancy, sway, power, influence, kingdom, realm

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1. List of paraphrases for "reign":

   kingship, reigned, prevail, kingdom, rule

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1. John Walsh:

   I've been hunting bad guys for over three decades and I'm always glad and greatly relieved to share the news that their reign of terror is over.

2. Queen Victoria:

   I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails.

3. Donald Trump:

   I lost hundreds of friends. The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George W. Bush, he kept us safe? That is not safe.

4. John Breen:

   The Daijosai transforms the Emperor from just an ordinary human to a sovereign whose authority extends over both this realm and the other realm, the Daijosai happens just once in a reign -- The Daijosai's The Daijosai. Because The Daijosai involves the Emperor with the sun goddess in the most intimate fashion, The Daijosai transforms him.

5. Mitch McConnell:

   The queen made sure her reign was never really about herself. Not about her fame. Or her feelings. Or her personal wants or needs.