Sovereign

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit, as:
  • n. A king, queen, or other noble person who serves as chief of state; a ruler or monarch.
  • n. A national governing council or committee.
  • n. A nation that governs territory outside its borders.
  • n. A gold coin formerly used in Great Britain.
  • adj. Self-governing; independent: a sovereign state.
  • adj. Having supreme rank or power: a sovereign prince.
  • adj. Paramount; supreme: Her sovereign virtue is compassion.
  • adj. Of superlative strength or efficacy: a sovereign remedy.
  • adj. Unmitigated: sovereign contempt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Exercising power of rule.
  • adj. Exceptional in quality.
  • adj. Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
  • adj. Having supreme, ultimate power.
  • n. A monarch; the ruler of a country.
  • n. One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
  • n. A gold coin formerly used in the United Kingdom.
  • n. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33⅓ standard bottles.
  • n. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief.
  • adj. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction.
  • adj. Princely; royal.
  • adj. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
  • adj. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling.
  • n. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
  • n. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
  • n. Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Supreme; paramount; commanding; excellent.
  • Supreme in power; possessing supreme dominion; not subject to any other; hence, royal; princely.
  • Efficacious in the highest degree; potent: said especially of medicines.
  • n. One who exercises supreme control or dominion; a ruler, governor, chief, or master; one to whom allegiance is due.
  • n. Specifically—(a ) A husband; a lord and master.
  • n. (b ) A provost or mayor.
  • n. A monarch; an emperor or empress; a king or queen.
  • n. A current English gold coin, the standard of the coinage, worth £1 or 20 shillings ($4.84), and weighing grains troy.
  • n. Synonyms King, etc. (see prince), potentate.
  • To rule over as a sovereign; exercise sovereign authority over.
  • n. An Austrian gold coin of the value of three ducats. The sovereign of Ferdinand I. was worth $6.76.
  • n. Any one of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Basilarchia, as the banded purple, the hybrid purple, the red-spotted purple, the viceroy and the vicereine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
  • adj. greatest in status or authority or power
  • n. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
  • Equivalent
    free    dominant   
    Form
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    Words with the same meaning
    chief    princely    royal    predominant    greatest    utmost    paramount    effectual    controlling    potentate   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    sovran   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    monarch    ruler    prince    noble    chief    governor    divine    queen    supreme    conqueror