reign

reign is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
2. noun. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
3. noun. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
4. noun. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
5. noun. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
6. noun. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
7. noun. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

   Synonyms: sovereignty

8. noun. the period during which a monarch is sovereign

   "during the reign of Henry VIII"

9. noun. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful

   "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"

10. verb. have sovereign power

    "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"

11. verb. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

    "Money reigns supreme here"

    "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

    Synonyms: dominate, predominate, prevail, rule

Synonyms

sovereignty, dominate, predominate, prevail, rule

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in reign:

grein, inger, niger, nigre, regin, renig, ringe

Common word forms

reigns, reigned, reigner, reigning

Words from these letters

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