imperial

imperial is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
2. adjective. Belonging to, or suitable to, supreme authority, or one who wields it; royal; sovereign; supreme.
3. adjective. Of superior or unusual size or excellence; as, imperial paper; imperial tea, etc.
4. noun. The tuft of hair on a man's lower lip and chin; -- so called from the style of beard of Napoleon III.
5. noun. An outside seat on a diligence.
6. noun. A luggage case on the top of a coach.
7. noun. Anything of unusual size or excellence, as a large decanter, a kind of large photograph, a large sheet of drowing, printing, or writing paper, etc.
8. noun. A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars.
9. noun. A kind of fine cloth brought into England from Greece. or other Eastern countries, in the Middle Ages.
10. noun. a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
11. noun. a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
12. adjective. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

    "golden age of imperial splendor"

    "purple tyrant"

    Synonyms: majestic, purple, regal, royal

13. adjective. befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress

    "imperial palace"

14. adjective. relating to or associated with an empire

    "imperial colony"

    "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"

15. adjective. of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

Synonyms

majestic, purple, regal, royal

Common word forms

imperials, imperially, imperialise, imperiality, imperialize, imperialness

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