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The synonyms of “Supremacy” are: domination, mastery, ascendancy, predominance, primacy, dominion, hegemony, authority, control, power, sway, rule, sovereignty, lordship, leadership, influence, dominance, superiority, advantage
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “supremacy” as a noun can have the following definitions:
advantage | The quality of having a superior or more favorable position. It turned out to my advantage. |
ascendancy | The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. The poor have a moral ascendancy over the rich. |
authority | (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others. He has the natural authority of one who is used to being obeyed. |
control | The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. Growing controls on local spending. |
dominance | The predominance of one or more species in a plant or animal community. The worldwide dominance of Hollywood. |
dominion | The territory of a sovereign or government. France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa. |
hegemony | The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others. To say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony. |
influence | One having power to influence another. Their friends are having a bad influence on them. |
leadership | The activity of leading. The party prospered under his leadership. |
lordship | A title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge. His lordship over the other gods. |
mastery | Power to dominate or defeat. Man s mastery over nature. |
power | Of a government or government official holding an office means being in power. His powers of concentration. |
predominance | The quality of being more noticeable than anything else. Churches with a predominance of African American members. |
primacy | The fact of an item having been presented earlier to the subject (especially as increasing its likelihood of being remembered. London s primacy as a financial centre. |
rule | A strip of wood or other rigid material used for measuring length or marking straight lines a ruler. Those who did break the rules would be dealt with swiftly. |
sovereignty | The authority of a state to govern another state. The sovereignty of Parliament. |
superiority | The quality of being at a competitive advantage. An attempt to establish superiority over others. |
sway | Controlling influence. The country was under the sway of rival warlords. |
ascendant | Rising in power or influence. The newly ascendant liberal party. |
authority | The confidence resulting from personal expertise. Military forces have the legal authority to arrest drug traffickers. |
centralize | Concentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority. The Russian government centralized the distribution of food. |
chancellor | (in the UK) an officer of an order of knighthood who seals commissions. The Lord chancellor and the judges will consider the application. |
dictator | A person who behaves in an autocratic way. My boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime. |
dictatorship | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc. The effects of forty years of dictatorship. |
dogmatic | Relating to or involving dogma. She was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed. |
dominate | Be greater in significance than. Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood. |
domineer | Assert one’s will over another in an arrogant way. She doesn t domineer preferring to lead by inspiration rather than by intimidation. |
govern | Exercise authority over; as of nations. He does not have the ability to govern himself or others successfully. |
hegemony | Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others. Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871. |
indiscriminately | In a random manner. People who are sedentary and who eat indiscriminately. |
lord | Make a lord of someone. Sir Cadwallader Pleadwell has been lately lorded. |
manageable | Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do. Her long hair was black wavy and manageable. |
mastery | The action of mastering a subject or skill. A child s mastery of language. |
monocracy | A system of government by one person only. |
monopolize | Have or exploit a monopoly of. He monopolizes the laser printer. |
oppression | The act of subjugating by cruelty. Beatrice s mood had initially been alarm and a sense of oppression. |
overlord | A ruler, especially a feudal lord. The undisputed overlord of the crime family. |
potentate | A monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one. |
predominance | The quality of being more noticeable than anything else. Hollywood s continued predominance in the international film market. |
premier | The person who is head of state (in several countries. He holds the premier barony in the UK created in 1269. |
prevail | Use persuasion successfully. The champion prevailed though it was a hard fight. |
reign | Have sovereign power. Henry VIII reigned for a long time. |
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. |
sovereignty | Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch. National sovereignty. |
suppress | To put down by force or authority. Suppress a yawn. |
supreme | A dish served in a supreme sauce. A unified force with a supreme commander. |
tyrannize | Rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly. He tyrannizes over the servants. |
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