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| Main Entry: |
dynasty
 [dahy-nuh-stee; Brit. also din-uh-stee] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule |
| Synonyms: | absolutism, ascendancy, dominion, empire, government, house, regime, sovereignty, sway |
| Main Entry: | family |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kin, offspring; classification |
| Synonyms: | ancestors, ancestry, birth, blood, brood, children, clan, class, descendants, descent, dynasty, extraction, folk, forebears, genealogy, generations, genre, group, heirs and assigns, house, household, in-laws, inheritance, issue, kind, kindred, kith and kin, line, lineage, ménage, network, parentage, pedigree, people, progenitors, progeny, race, relations, relationship, relatives, siblings, strain, subdivision, system, tribe |
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, ancestry |
| Synonyms: | clan, dynasty, family tree, folk, folks, household, kin, kindred, line, lineage, ménage, race, stock, tradition, tribe |
| Notes: | a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
Example Sentences
- Getting a dynasty going in the first place is more testing.
- Not that an upcoming hydrogen dynasty is by any means a sure thing.
- The effort to end-run the dynasty proved to be short-lived.
| 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: | regime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leadership of organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, dynasty, establishment, government, incumbency, management, pecking order, reign, rule, system, tenure |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | tenure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time in position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security, tenancy, term |
| Main Entry: | tribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethnic group; family |
| Synonyms: | association, blood, caste, clan, class, division, dynasty, horde, house, ilk, kin, kind, kindred, lineage, people, race, seed, society, sort, stock, type |
| Main Entry: | incumbency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tenure |
| Synonyms: | administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security, tenancy, term |
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