sovereign
[zone: 1, ipm: 142.27]
Definitions
- a king or queen
Examples
- The Chinese sovereign is the ruler of a particular period in ancient China, and later imperial China.
- The emperor will communicate it to the other sovereigns, and they will take their resolutions accordingly.
- Every sovereign must have the right to govern as he thinks necessary, or he is no sovereign.
- A coronation is not necessary for a sovereign to reign; indeed, the ceremony usually takes place many months after accession to allow sufficient time for its preparation and for a period of mourning.
- The sovereign of New Zealand also serves as monarch to Cook Islands and Niue, territories in free association with New Zealand within the larger Realm of New Zealand.
Collocations
- allied [score: 10.22, freq: 97] (allied sovereigns)
- lawful [score: 10.13, freq: 70] (lawful sovereign)
- allegiance [score: 9.5, freq: 15] (allegiance to the sovereign)
- legitimate [score: 9.12, freq: 38] (legitimate sovereign)
- reign [score: 9.12, freq: 27] (reigning sovereign)
- Europe [score: 8.74, freq: 56] (sovereigns of Europe)
- Russia [score: 8.61, freq: 30] (sovereign of Russia)
- independent [score: 8.14, freq: 33] (independent sovereign)
- rightful [score: 8.03, freq: 14] (rightful sovereign)
- authority [score: 7.94, freq: 21] (sovereign's authority)
- East [score: 7.94, freq: 12] (sovereigns of East)
- Constantinople [score: 7.88, freq: 12] (sovereign of Constantinople)
- absolute [score: 7.86, freq: 24] (absolute sovereign)
- dynasty [score: 7.78, freq: 9] (sovereigns of dynasty)
- hereditary [score: 7.54, freq: 16] (hereditary sovereign)
- Kingdom [score: 7.42, freq: 7] (sovereign of Kingdom)
- Persia [score: 7.4, freq: 6] (sovereign of Persia)
- dethrone [score: 7.36, freq: 5] (dethroned sovereign)
- Asia [score: 7.29, freq: 7] (sovereigns of Asia)
- nominal [score: 7.23, freq: 9] (nominal sovereign)
- Italy [score: 7.23, freq: 12] (sovereign of Italy)
- Gaul [score: 7.2, freq: 5] (sovereign of Gaul)
- Tudor [score: 6.83, freq: 6] (Tudor sovereign)
- august [score: 6.77, freq: 6] (august sovereign)
- rule [score: 6.68, freq: 7] (ruling sovereign)
- successive [score: 6.66, freq: 7] (successive sovereign)
- despotic [score: 6.65, freq: 6] (despotic sovereign)
- Germany [score: 6.56, freq: 9] (sovereigns of Germany)
- empire [score: 6.5, freq: 25] (sovereigns of empire)
- appoint [score: 6.44, freq: 5] (appointed by the sovereign)
- nation [score: 6.43, freq: 13] (sovereigns of nation)
- Canada [score: 6.42, freq: 5] (sovereigns of Canada)
- Oriental [score: 6.41, freq: 6] (Oriental sovereign)
- Austria [score: 6.41, freq: 6] (sovereigns of Austria)
- Rome [score: 6.41, freq: 10] (sovereigns of Rome)
- continental [score: 6.24, freq: 5] (continental sovereign)
- constitutional [score: 6.2, freq: 9] (constitutional sovereign)
- Catholic [score: 6.14, freq: 6] (Catholic sovereign)
Thesaurus
- monarch [score: 0.409, freq: 6876]
- ruler [score: 0.346, freq: 4465]
- prince [score: 0.342, freq: 12311]
- emperor [score: 0.314, freq: 13757]
- master [score: 0.291, freq: 5587]
- chief [score: 0.267, freq: 3253]
- king [score: 0.265, freq: 26488]
- queen [score: 0.259, freq: 4249]
- father [score: 0.25, freq: 8508]
- majesty [score: 0.244, freq: 6983]
- general [score: 0.241, freq: 7504]
- ally [score: 0.233, freq: 4936]
- nation [score: 0.233, freq: 15132]
- minister [score: 0.233, freq: 8236]
- family [score: 0.232, freq: 9183]
- citizen [score: 0.231, freq: 4088]
- conqueror [score: 0.23, freq: 2074]
- leader [score: 0.23, freq: 5490]
- officer [score: 0.228, freq: 8934]
- monarchy [score: 0.219, freq: 4904]