sovereign
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
Types & categories
- head of state hypernym
- ruler hypernym
- Capetian hyponym
- Carolingian hyponym
- czar hyponym
- emperor hyponym
- king hyponym
- Merovingian hyponym
- Shah hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary
Related & opposite
- liberty derivation
- independence derivation
- free similar to
Sense 3 adjective
greatest in status or authority or power
a supreme tribunal
Related & opposite
- dominant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monarchic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | monarchal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | head of state |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Capetian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Carolingian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | czar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emperor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | king |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Merovingian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shah |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | liberty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | independence |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | free |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dominant |