| Main Entry: | monarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kingship |
Synonyms: |
command, crown, kingdom, sovereignty, throne |
| Main Entry: | autocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government by one |
Synonyms: |
absolutism, czarism, despotism, dictatorship, monarchy, monocracy, oppression, totalitarian government, tyranny |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | royalty |
Synonyms: |
crowned head, monarch, monarchy, potentate, ruler, sovereign, sovereignty, supreme ruler, the throne |
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
Synonyms: |
commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, lands, monarchy, nation, possessions, principality, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, suzerainty, sway, territory, throne, tract |
| Main Entry: | nation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country with its own government |
Synonyms: |
body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, principality, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
| Main Entry: | realm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of responsibility or rule |
Synonyms: |
branch, compass, country, department, dimension, domain, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, ground, kingdom, land, monarchy, neck of the woods, neighborhood, orbit, place, principality, province, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, stomping grounds, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone |
| Main Entry: | reign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule, dominion |
Synonyms: |
administration, ascendancy, command, control, dynasty, empire, hegemony, incumbency, influence, monarchy, power, regime, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, tenure |