reign
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
he was helpless under the reign of his egotism
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- reign of terror hyponym
Related & opposite
- prevail derivation
Sense 2 verb
have sovereign power
Henry VIII reigned for a long time
Types & categories
- rule hypernym
Related & opposite
- sovereignty derivation
- reign derivation
Sense 3 noun
the period during which a monarch is sovereign
during the reign of Henry VIII
Types & categories
- historic period hypernym
Related & opposite
- reign derivation
Sense 4 verb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Money reigns supreme here
Types & categories
- override hyponym
- overarch hyponym
- overbalance hyponym
Related & opposite
- preponderance derivation
- predomination derivation
- reign derivation
- rife derivation
Sense 5 noun
royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- reign derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prevail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reign of terror |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sovereignty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reign |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rule |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reign |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | historic period |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | preponderance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | predomination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reign |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rife |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | override |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | overarch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | overbalance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reign |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dominion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scepter |