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Synonyms for kingdom

16 synonyms
1 meaning

noun

Most common

empire reign monarchy dominion category kingship regnum

All synonyms

Noun

1. Realm

monarchy, dominion, empire, reign, land, nation, sovereignty, state, domain, realm dated

Other

kingship, category, regnum, kindom dated, kingric dated rare, kinghood rare

Definitions

n. 1
A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

Related words

Phrases: kingdom come kingdom of glory plant kingdom vegetable kingdom

Forms

Plural: kingdoms → monarchies, dominions, empires, reigns…

Example sentences

empire Sami built an empire of more than sixty companies.
reign Masinissa united all the Berbers during his reign.
monarchy The king did not see the end of the monarchy coming.
dominion Does mankind have dominion over animals and birds?
category His latest work belongs to a different category.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
kingdom		rising
empire		rising
reign		steady
monarchy		rising
dominion		steady
category		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: land¹
5 letters: state¹, reign¹, realm¹
6 letters: nation², empire³, domain², regnum, kindom
7 letters: kingric
8 letters: category⁴, monarchy³, dominion³, kingship², kinghood
11 letters: sovereignty³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nation² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: royaume
Español: reino
Deutsch: Königreich