empire

Main Entry:
empire [em-pahyuhr; om-peer]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place ruled by sovereign; rule
Synonyms: authority, command, commonwealth, control, domain, dominion, federation, government, people, power, realm, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, union
Main Entry: dominion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of rule; authority
Synonyms: ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, demesne, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, enclave, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, stomping grounds, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk
Antonyms: outside
Main Entry: dynasty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of rule
Synonyms: absolutism, ascendancy, dominion, empire, government, house, regime, sovereignty, sway
Main Entry: government
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: management, administration
Synonyms: Uncle Sam, Washington, authority, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, governance, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, law, ministry, patronage, political practice, politics, polity, power, powers-that-be, predominance, presidency, regency, regime, regimentation, regulation, restraint, rule, sovereignty, state, statecraft, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, the feds, union
Antonyms: anarchy, chaos, coup, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution
Main Entry: jurisdiction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of authority
Synonyms: administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, bounds, circuit, command, commission, compass, confines, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, field, hegemony, influence, inquisition, judicature, limits, magistracy, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, purview, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, stomping grounds, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone
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
Notes: rain is drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; reign is a period during which somebody is dominant or powerful; rein is one of a pair of long leather straps connected to the bit or bridle and used to control a horse or other animal
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