monarch
[zone: 1, ipm: 225.82]
Definitions
- a person who rules a country, for example a king or a queen
Examples
- The British monarch is also the head of state for 16 other countries that were once part of the British Empire.
- An absolute monarch is a ruler who claims that they were made rulers by God and thus had a divine right to rule.
- The monarch is mainly a ceremonial figurehead symbol of national unity and state continuity.
- The current monarch and head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended the throne in 1952.
- In some instances in history, the monarch gained his power through rebellions, wars or making a case of being a better claimant to the throne.
Collocations
- reign [score: 10.31, freq: 94] (reigning monarch)
- title [score: 9.82, freq: 11] (monarch's title)
- absolute [score: 9.47, freq: 107] (absolute monarch)
- Persian [score: 9.43, freq: 106] (the Persian monarch)
- Parthian [score: 9.41, freq: 81] (the Parthian monarch)
- Assyrian [score: 9.03, freq: 62] (the Assyrian monarch)
- Prussian [score: 8.38, freq: 55] (the Prussian monarch)
- constitutional [score: 8.35, freq: 56] (a constitutional monarch)
- dethrone [score: 8.25, freq: 17] (dethroned monarch)
- authority [score: 8.24, freq: 5] (monarch's authority)
- elect [score: 8.17, freq: 31] (elected monarch)
- Persian [score: 8.11, freq: 35] (the Persian monarch)
- allied [score: 7.86, freq: 30] (allied monarchs)
- English [score: 7.76, freq: 73] (the English monarch)
- Spanish [score: 7.76, freq: 40] (the Spanish monarch)
- succession [score: 7.75, freq: 13] (succession of the monarch)
- abdicate [score: 7.72, freq: 12] (abdicated monarch)
- French [score: 7.72, freq: 125] (the French monarch)
- British [score: 7.67, freq: 132] (the British monarch)
- hereditary [score: 7.65, freq: 27] (a hereditary monarch)
- Japanese [score: 7.45, freq: 26] (the Japanese monarch)
- crown [score: 7.37, freq: 13] (monarch is crowned)
- ruling [score: 7.37, freq: 20] (ruling monarch)
- legitimate [score: 7.35, freq: 19] (the legitimate monarch)
- European [score: 7.34, freq: 36] (European monarchs)
- exile [score: 7.12, freq: 8] (exiled monarch)
- prerogative [score: 6.98, freq: 6] (monarch's prerogative)
- designate [score: 6.61, freq: 6] (designate a monarch)
- Elizabeth [score: 6.49, freq: 23] (reigning monarch Elizabeth II)
- govern [score: 6.44, freq: 8] (governed by the monarch)
- appoint [score: 6.4, freq: 8] (appointed by the monarch)
Thesaurus
- sovereign [score: 0.409, freq: 4332]
- emperor [score: 0.391, freq: 13757]
- prince [score: 0.386, freq: 12311]
- ruler [score: 0.36, freq: 4465]
- king [score: 0.348, freq: 26488]
- general [score: 0.284, freq: 7504]
- nation [score: 0.282, freq: 15132]
- minister [score: 0.279, freq: 8236]
- monarchy [score: 0.27, freq: 4904]
- leader [score: 0.268, freq: 5490]
- father [score: 0.265, freq: 8508]
- chief [score: 0.263, freq: 3253]
- family [score: 0.261, freq: 9183]
- officer [score: 0.258, freq: 8934]
- queen [score: 0.254, freq: 4249]
- government [score: 0.254, freq: 28006]
- people [score: 0.253, freq: 29977]
- woman [score: 0.247, freq: 7707]
- person [score: 0.246, freq: 13012]
- master [score: 0.244, freq: 5587]