Synonyms for empire
ˈɛm paɪər; for 8–10 also ɒmˈpɪərem·pire

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 24 votes

1. empire

   Synonyms:
   authority, command, control, domination, dominion, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

   Antonyms:
   anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sedition, tumult

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. empire

   Synonyms:
   dominion, sovereignty, rule, sway, kingdom, realm

   Antonyms:
   independence, insurrection, anarchy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. empire, imperiumnoun

   the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

   Synonyms:
   imperium, conglomerate

2. empirenoun

   a group of countries under a single authority

   "the British created a great empire"

   Synonyms:
   imperium, conglomerate

3. empirenoun

   a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

   Synonyms:
   imperium, conglomerate

4. conglomerate, empirenoun

   a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

   Synonyms:
   imperium, conglomerate, pudding stone

5. Empirenoun

   an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

   Synonyms:
   imperium, conglomerate

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1. • Corporation
   • Eating Apple
   • Government
   • Monarchy

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. dynasty

   a series of rulers that are all from the same family

   my grandmother taught me about some of the great dynasties of china.

   Submitted by rinat on February 7, 2016  

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1. empirenoun

   Synonyms:
   sovereignty, supremacy, dominion, absolute authority, supreme dominion, imperial power

2. empirenoun

   Synonyms:
   rule, sway, command, control, government

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. empirenoun

   Synonyms:
   sovereignty, sway, dominion, supremacy, realm, domain, kingdom

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1. List of paraphrases for "empire":

   imperium, reich, imperial, rule, rijk, kingdom, empire-building

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1. Rashad Robinson:

   Jeff Bezos built Jeff Bezos Bezos multibillion-dollar empire on exploitative practices including wage theft and surveillance tactics designed to bully workers into silence and prevent them from organizing.

2. West Virginia:

   Today we lost a WV superstar and I lost a very close friend. Our families go back to the beginning of the Cline empire - Pioneer Fuel. Chris Cline built an empire and on every occasion was always there to give. What a wonderful, loving, and giving man, cathy and I are praying for his family and all those involved in this tragedy.

3. John Wineland:

   Greek was the common language of the Eastern Roman Empire, which explains why the New Testament is written in Greek during the Roman period.

4. Daniel Silver:

   The tone of the Empire State survey suggests that we are moving past the recent weakness in the manufacturing sector.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it... Beware of me, it says, but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands.