Potentate

/ˈpoʊ.tən.teɪt/

Synonyms for "potentate" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

anointed kingchiefchieftaincrowncrowned headdynast

Strong matches (13)

Related words (22)

Related word relations

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leaderpolitical leaderrulerswayer

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Collocations

5 entries
autocratic potentatedespotic potentateimperial potentatemedieval potentateroyal potentate

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The folly and inhumanity of the “kings of the world” generate wars, genocides, and with impunity kill their “enemies” through starvation, and the potentate who has the most sophisticated and lethal weapons will prevail with his whims.

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But Kings and mightieſt Potentates muſt die, For that's the end of humane miſerie.

Source: wiktionary

She was now one of a group of oriental beauties who, in the second act of the comic opera, were paraded by the vizier before the new potentate as the treasures of his harem.

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Life for ordinary barons in Outremer Jerusalem was probably better than for kings in Europe, where even potentates wore unlaundered wool and lived in bare-stone draughty keeps with rough furniture.

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