What is another word for reign?

Synonyms for reign
reɪnreign

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word reign.

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 3 votes

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. reign

    Synonyms:
    rule, govern, prevail, command

    Antonyms:
    obey, submit

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. reignverb

    Synonyms:
    rule, be king, exercise sovereign authority

  2. reignnoun

    Synonyms:
    royalty, sovereignty, royal authority

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. reignnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "reign":

    kingship, reigned, prevail, kingdom, rule

Suggested Resources

  1. reign

    Song lyrics by reign -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by reign on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce reign?

How to say reign in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#100find
#333control
#672run
#783direct
#987kingdom
#1275hold
#1314master
#1362command
#1419rule
#2217manage
#2584obtain
#2943influence
#3599tower
#7018eclipse
#8988mold
#9500triumph
#10398harness
#12551curb
#12555reign
#12982govern
#13053decree
#14147sovereignty
#14513dominate
#16989hulk
#17822prevail
#17899endure
#18561persist
#20010overlook
#20466sway
#22176loom
#26617rein
#30094restrain
#39185reigned
#56587predominate
#68562overshadow
#75537kingship
#204526overtop

How to use reign in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    The fact is we had the worst attack in the history of our country during his reign. Jeb (Bush) said we were safe during his reign. That wasn't true, and I'm not blaming anybody and I'm not blaming George Bush, although if you look at his three primary agencies, they hated each other, they weren't talking ... And a good leader would've made sure that they would get along and talk and lots of other things happen.

  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. Brian Babin:

    Keeping citizens safe should be the top priority of every elected official, last year, we watched as cities across America were ravaged by violence and crime because their leaders repeatedly chose to abandon law enforcement and bend the knee to the radical Left. We are a nation of law and order, and we should be working to support police departments more, not less. City officials who willingly ignore the rule of law, fight to defund law enforcement, and allow chaos to reign supreme, should not be given federal funds – plain and simple.

  4. Abby Wambach:

    The fact that they would trade for me knowing that I wasn't going to play, that meant a lot. I think I'm going to head to Seattle a few days a week, get some time with the Reign, get some individual sessions with Laura (Harvey), their coach, and stay sharp that way. For me, fitness is always an evolution, but I'm going to be 100 percent ready when the World Cup starts.

  5. Mike Gallagher:

    Since Biden took office on Jan. 20, the number of reported foreign gifts has absolutely plummeted, american universities have reported just over $4 million in donations. That's a tiny number. The math doesn't add up. And making matters worse, it appears that the Biden administration has not launched even one new investigation into foreign funding in universities. So, in my mind, that leaves us with two scenarios: either spigots for foreign gifts were turned off, or the Biden administration is giving universities a pass, directly violating federal law, and in the process, allowing the Chinese Communist Party free reign to influence American academia without any transparency.


Translations for reign

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for reign »

Translation

Find a translation for the reign synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"reign." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/reign>.

Discuss these reign synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for reign?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    Which of the following terms is not a synonym of "spread out"?
    A unfold
    B circularise
    C dissipate
    D concentrated

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for reign: