ROYAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ROYAL?

Need another word that means the same as “royal”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “royal” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Royal” are: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, monarchal, monarchical, sovereign, kingly, queenly, princely, kinglike, queenlike, excellent, fine, marvellous, magnificent, splendid, superb, wonderful, first-rate, first-class, complete, utter, total, real, absolute, thorough, veritable, royal stag, monarch, king, queen, emperor, empress, tsar, tsarina, prince, princess, potentate, head of state, leader, chief, ruler, lord, overlord

Royal as a Noun

Definitions of "Royal" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “royal” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast.
• Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches.
• A book size, 312 × 237 mm.
• A book size, 234 × 156 mm.
• A system of change-ringing using ten bells.
• A member of the royal family.
• A paper size, 636 × 480 mm.

Synonyms of "Royal" as a noun (18 Words)

chief	The head of an organization. The chief of police.
emperor	The male ruler of an empire. He is regarded as one of the greatest Roman emperors.
empress	A woman emperor or the wife of an emperor. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress at Delhi in 1877.
head of state	A single domestic animal.
king	A male sovereign ruler of a kingdom. A country where football is king.
leader	(in the UK) a member of the government officially responsible for initiating business in the House of Commons or House of Lords. A leader in the use of video conferencing.
lord	A titled peer of the realm. Our lord the king.
monarch	Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed. This followed an attempt by the deposed monarch to regain his throne.
overlord	A person who has general authority over others. The Jews rebelled against their Roman overlords.
potentate	A monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one.
prince	A male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign. Arctic char is a prince among fishes.
princess	The daughter of a monarch. Is something the matter princess.
queen	One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen. The queen of the social columns.
royal stag	A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast.
ruler	A straight strip or cylinder of plastic, wood, metal, or other rigid material, typically marked at regular intervals and used to draw straight lines or measure distances.
sovereign	A former British gold coin worth one pound sterling, now only minted for commemorative purposes. The Emperor became the first Japanese sovereign to visit Britain.
tsar	An emperor of Russia before 1917. Tsar Nicholas II.
tsarina	An empress of Russia before 1917. The Germanic origins of the tsarina.

Usage Examples of "Royal" as a noun

• The royals are coming under the TV microscope.

Royal as an Adjective

Definitions of "Royal" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “royal” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Established or chartered or authorized by royalty.
• Real; utter (used for emphasis.
• Being of the rank of a monarch.
• Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
• Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch.
• Of a quality or size suitable for a king or queen; splendid.
• Having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family.
• Invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown.
• Belonging to, carried out, or exercised by a king or queen.
• In the service or under the patronage of a king or queen.

Synonyms of "Royal" as an adjective (28 Words)

absolute	Not capable of being violated or infringed. Dom Miguel proclaimed himself absolute monarch.
complete	Perfect and complete in every respect having all necessary qualities. The harvesting was complete.
excellent	Very good; of the highest quality. The lorry was in excellent condition.
fine	Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. Fine flyaway hair.
first-class	Very good;of the highest quality.
first-rate	Of the highest quality.
imperial	Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. The party and its autocratic many would say imperial ways.
kinglike	Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king.
kingly	Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king. The murder of his kingly guest.
magnificent	Very good; excellent. She paid tribute to their magnificent efforts.
majestic	Majestic in manner or bearing superior to mundane matters. Majestic cities.
marvellous	Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. You have done a marvellous job.
monarchal	Having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch. Monarchal government.
monarchical	Relating to a monarch or monarchy. Monarchical systems.
princely	Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality. The princely states of India.
purple	Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. Purple tyrant.
queenlike	Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen.
queenly	Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen. Queenly propriety.
real	Coinciding with reality. Statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems.
regal	Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. Regal attire.
sovereign	Possessing royal power and status. In modern democracies the people s will is in theory sovereign.
splendid	Excellent; very good. His robes were splendid.
superb	Used in names of birds with attractive or colourful plumage e g superb lyrebird. The Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum.
thorough	Performed or written with great care and completeness. Thorough research.
total	Comprising the whole number or amount. A total disaster.
utter	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Utter nonsense.
veritable	Used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor. He s a veritable swine.
wonderful	Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. They all think she s wonderful.

Usage Examples of "Royal" as an adjective

• A royal maid.
• Of royal ancestry.
• Treated with royal acclaim.
• Princes of the blood royal.
• She's a right royal pain in the behind.
• The royal (or crowned) heads of Europe.
• The coalition obtained royal approval for the appointment.
• She received a royal welcome.
• The royal carriage of a stag's head.
• Contributors included members of the royal family.
• The royal palace.

Associations of "Royal" (30 Words)

adorn	Make more beautiful or attractive. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere.
aristocrat	A member of the aristocracy. The trout is the aristocrat of freshwater fish.
aristocratic	Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. Aristocratic government.
baton	A narrow bend truncated at each end. Have plenty of crudit s in the fridge such as carrot batons.
castle	(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. The crumbling stonework of a ruined castle.
crown	The part of a hat the vertex that covers the crown of the head. The speech crowned the meeting.
diadem	The authority or dignity symbolized by a crown. He refused the diadem of all the Caesars.
dynasty	A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family. The Tang dynasty.
emperor	Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings. He is regarded as one of the greatest Roman emperors.
empire	A group of countries under a single authority. The British created a great empire.
imperial	Relating to or associated with an empire. The bedroom is huge and very imperial.
king	A male sovereign ruler of a kingdom. He ll start kinging it over the lot of us again.
kingdom	A country with a king as head of state. The kingdom of dreams.
liege	A vassal or subject. One s liege lord.
lord	Make a lord of someone. Lords and ladies were entertained here.
monarchy	An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority. The monarchy is the focus of loyalty and service.
noble	Especially in former times a person of noble rank or birth. The greater a noble s military power the more land he could control.
palace	A large and impressive building forming the official residence of a ruler, pope, archbishop, etc. The royal palace.
patrician	Belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy. Patrician tastes.
prince	A male monarch of a small state, actually, nominally, or originally subject to a king or emperor. He was the prince of a small kingdom that was now part of Pakistan.
princess	The wife or widow of a prince. Stop being such a princess.
principality	(in traditional Christian angelology) the fifth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
queen	Become a queen. She s the official carnival queen.
regal	Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. Her regal bearing.
regalia	Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office. The Bishop of Florence in full regalia.
regency	The particular period of a regency especially in Britain from 1811 to 1820 and in France from 1715 to 1723. The boy being a minor there would have to be a regency.
royalty	A sum paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author or composer for each copy of a book sold or for each public performance of a work. She swept by as if she were royalty.
ruler	A person exercising government or dominion.
scepter	The imperial authority symbolized by a scepter.
sovereign	Very good or effective. The Emperor became the first Japanese sovereign to visit Britain.