Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
- 2noun
The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
- 3noun
The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
- 4noun
To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
- 5noun
Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
- 6noun
To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
- 7noun
royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
Synonyms
- 8noun
the period during which a monarch is sovereign
"during the reign of Henry VIII"
- 9noun
a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
"he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
- 10verb
have sovereign power
"Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
- 11verb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
"Money reigns supreme here"
"Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
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