Synonyms for primacy
Most common
pre-eminence ascendancy ascendance leadership principate primateship
All synonyms
Noun
1. Ascendancy
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, preference etc.
establish the primacy of something
Forms
- Plural
- primacies → ascendancies, ascendances, leaderships, primateships…
Example sentences
- ascendancy He had been completely under his wife's ascendancy.
- ascendance His ascendance to the throne is inevitable.
- leadership Moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| primacy | rising | |
| ascendancy | steady | |
| ascendance | rising | |
| leadership | steady | |
| principate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 10 letters
- leadership3, ascendancy4, ascendance3, principate
- 11 letters
- primateship
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (leadership3 = 3 syllables).