Alfred, King of England, was a great scholar as well as a great ruler.
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Ruler
//ˈɹuːlə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "ruler" (90 found)
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7 entriesMore specific
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
at location
3 entriescapable of
6 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
has property
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
47 entriesShowing 16 of 47 words.
used for
2 entriesTranslations
285 translations across 108 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- heerser noun (person who rules or governs)
- heersers noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- liniaal noun (measuring or drawing device)
- liniale noun (measuring or drawing device)
Albanian
2 entries- sundimtar noun (person who rules or governs)
- vizore noun (measuring or drawing device)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- χάραξ noun (measuring or drawing device)
- ἀρχός noun (person who rules or governs)
- ἄρχων noun (person who rules or governs)
- ἡγεμών noun (person who rules or governs)
Arabic
4 entries- حاكم noun (person who rules or governs)
- حَاكِم noun (person who rules or governs)
- مسطرة noun (measuring or drawing device)
- مسطرة noun (measuring or drawing device)
Armenian
2 entries- տիրակալ noun (person who rules or governs)
- քանոն noun (measuring or drawing device)
Asturian
1 entries- regla noun (measuring or drawing device)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- hakim noun (person who rules or governs)
- hökmdar noun (person who rules or governs)
- hökmran noun (person who rules or governs)
- xətkeş noun (measuring or drawing device)
Bashkir
2 entries- батша noun (person who rules or governs)
- хаким noun (person who rules or governs)
Basque
1 entries- erregela noun (measuring or drawing device)
Belarusian
4 entries- ліне́йка noun (measuring or drawing device)
- праві́цель noun (person who rules or governs)
- праві́целька noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- улада́р noun (person who rules or governs)
Bengali
2 entries- মাপনী noun (measuring or drawing device)
- শাসক noun (person who rules or governs)
Bulgarian
4 entries- владе́тел noun (person who rules or governs)
- владе́телка noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- властели́н noun (person who rules or governs)
- господа́р noun (person who rules or governs)
Burmese
2 entries- မျည်းတံ noun (measuring or drawing device)
- အုပ်ချုပ်သောသူ noun (person who rules or governs)
Catalan
3 entries- governant noun (person who rules or governs)
- líder noun (person who rules or governs)
- regle noun (measuring or drawing device)
Central Dusun
1 entries- tutuku noun (measuring or drawing device)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕاستە noun (measuring or drawing device)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎠᏥᎶᏍᏗ noun (measuring or drawing device)
- ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ noun (person who rules or governs)
Chinese
2 entries- чызы noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 尺 noun (measuring or drawing device)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 尺 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 直尺 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 間尺 /间尺 noun (measuring or drawing device)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 尺 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 尺子 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 直尺 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 統治者 /统治者 noun (person who rules or governs)
Czech
3 entries- pravítko noun (measuring or drawing device)
- vládce noun (person who rules or governs)
- vládkyně noun (a female person who rules or governs)
Danish
3 entries- hersker noun (person who rules or governs)
- herskerinde noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- lineal noun (measuring or drawing device)
Dutch
4 entries- heerser noun (person who rules or governs)
- heerseres noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- liniaal noun (measuring or drawing device)
- meetlat noun (measuring or drawing device)
Egyptian
1 entries- HqA-q-A-A1 noun (person who rules or governs)
Esperanto
2 entries- liniilo noun (measuring or drawing device)
- regnestro noun (person who rules or governs)
Estonian
2 entries- joonlaud noun (measuring or drawing device)
- riigivalitseja noun (person who rules or governs)
Finnish
4 entries- hallitsija noun (person who rules or governs)
- hallitsijatar noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- vallanpitäjä noun (person who rules or governs)
- viivain noun (measuring or drawing device)
French
4 entries- chef noun (person who rules or governs)
- dirigeant noun (person who rules or governs)
- latte noun (measuring or drawing device)
- règle noun (measuring or drawing device)
Galician
1 entries- regra noun (measuring or drawing device)
Georgian
2 entries- მმართველი noun (person who rules or governs)
- სახაზავი noun (measuring or drawing device)
German
3 entries- Herrscher noun (person who rules or governs)
- Herrscherin noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- Lineal noun (measuring or drawing device)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 noun (person who rules or governs)
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 noun (person who rules or governs)
Greek
3 entries- κυβερνήτης noun (person who rules or governs)
- ρίγα noun (measuring or drawing device)
- χάρακας noun (measuring or drawing device)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- chèf noun (person who rules or governs)
Hebrew
3 entries- מַנְהִיג noun (person who rules or governs)
- סַרְגֵל noun (measuring or drawing device)
- שַׁלִּיט noun (person who rules or governs)
Hindi
4 entries- पैमाना noun (measuring or drawing device)
- रूलर noun (measuring or drawing device)
- शासक noun (person who rules or governs)
- हाकिम noun (person who rules or governs)
Hungarian
3 entries- uralkodó noun (person who rules or governs)
- uralkodónő noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- vonalzó noun (measuring or drawing device)
Icelandic
3 entries- alvaldur noun (person who rules or governs)
- drottnari noun (person who rules or governs)
- reglustika noun (measuring or drawing device)
Ido
1 entries- linealo noun (measuring or drawing device)
Indonesian
3 entries- mistar noun (measuring or drawing device)
- penggaris noun (measuring or drawing device)
- penguasa noun (person who rules or governs)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- حاکِم noun (person who rules or governs)
- حُکْمْران noun (person who rules or governs)
- خَط کِش noun (measuring or drawing device)
- خَطْکِش noun (measuring or drawing device)
Irish
2 entries- rialtóir noun (person who rules or governs)
- rialóir noun (measuring or drawing device)
Italian
2 entries- righello noun (measuring or drawing device)
- sovrano noun (person who rules or governs)
Japanese
4 entries- ルーラー noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 定規 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 支配者 noun (person who rules or governs)
- 物差し noun (measuring or drawing device)
Javanese
1 entries- ratu noun (person who rules or governs)
Kalmyk
1 entries- кимзә noun (measuring or drawing device)
Kankanaey
1 entries- lukod noun (measuring or drawing device)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅಳತೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Kazakh
3 entries- басқарушы noun (person who rules or governs)
- билеуші noun (person who rules or governs)
- сызғыш noun (measuring or drawing device)
Khmer
1 entries- បន្ទាត់ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũthamaki noun (person who rules or governs)
Korean
4 entries- 눈금자 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 룰러 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 자 noun (measuring or drawing device)
- 지배자 noun (person who rules or governs)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- аким noun (person who rules or governs)
- башкаруучу noun (person who rules or governs)
- бий noun (person who rules or governs)
- сызгыч noun (measuring or drawing device)
Lao
1 entries- ໄມ້ບັນທັດ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Latgalian
3 entries- linejals noun (measuring or drawing device)
- vaļdineica noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- vaļdinīks noun (person who rules or governs)
Latin
4 entries- dominātor noun (person who rules or governs)
- dominātrīx noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- rēgula noun (measuring or drawing device)
- tyranna noun (a female person who rules or governs)
Latvian
3 entries- lineāls noun (measuring or drawing device)
- valdniece noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- valdnieks noun (person who rules or governs)
Lithuanian
3 entries- liniuõtė noun (measuring or drawing device)
- valdõvas noun (person who rules or governs)
- valdõvė noun (a female person who rules or governs)
Lü
1 entries- ᦺᦙᧉᦶᦑᧅ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Macedonian
4 entries- владар noun (person who rules or governs)
- владетел noun (person who rules or governs)
- владетелка noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- линијар noun (measuring or drawing device)
Malay
3 entries- pembaris noun (measuring or drawing device)
- pemerintah noun (person who rules or governs)
- penguasa noun (person who rules or governs)
Maltese
1 entries- riga noun (measuring or drawing device)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠵᡠᡧᡠᡵᡠ noun (measuring or drawing device)
- ᡱᡳ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Marathi
4 entries- पट्टी noun (measuring or drawing device)
- मोजपट्टी noun (measuring or drawing device)
- शासक noun (person who rules or governs)
- सत्ताधारी noun (person who rules or governs)
Middle English
2 entries- reuler noun (person who rules or governs)
- senyour noun (person who rules or governs)
Mongolian
2 entries- захирагч noun (person who rules or governs)
- шугам noun (measuring or drawing device)
Nahuatl
1 entries- tecutli noun (person who rules or governs)
Navajo
1 entries- bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí noun (measuring or drawing device)
Nepali
2 entries- नाप noun (measuring or drawing device)
- स्केल noun (measuring or drawing device)
Norman
1 entries- relle noun (measuring or drawing device)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- cedwel noun (measuring or drawing device)
- hikumdar noun (person who rules or governs)
- rastkêş noun (measuring or drawing device)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hersker noun (person who rules or governs)
- linjal noun (measuring or drawing device)
- makthaver noun (person who rules or governs)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- herskar noun (person who rules or governs)
- linjal noun (measuring or drawing device)
- makthavar noun (person who rules or governs)
Old English
1 entries- regolsticca noun (measuring or drawing device)
Old Prussian
1 entries- rikis noun (person who rules or governs)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰴𐰍𐰣 noun (person who rules or governs)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- جدول noun (measuring or drawing device)
- حكمدار noun (person who rules or governs)
- مسطر noun (measuring or drawing device)
Pashto
3 entries- حاکم noun (person who rules or governs)
- ختکه noun (measuring or drawing device)
- خط کښ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Persian
1 entries- فرمانروا noun (person who rules or governs)
Polish
4 entries- linijka noun (measuring or drawing device)
- władca noun (person who rules or governs)
- władczyni noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- włodarz noun (person who rules or governs)
Portuguese
2 entries- governante noun (person who rules or governs)
- régua noun (measuring or drawing device)
Romanian
4 entries- domnitor noun (person who rules or governs)
- guvernant noun (person who rules or governs)
- linie noun (measuring or drawing device)
- riglă noun (measuring or drawing device)
Russian
4 entries- властели́н noun (person who rules or governs)
- власти́тель noun (person who rules or governs)
- власти́тельница noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- госуда́рыня noun (a female person who rules or governs)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अधिप noun (person who rules or governs)
- शासक noun (person who rules or governs)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cȑtalo noun (measuring or drawing device)
- ràvnalo noun (measuring or drawing device)
- vlàdār noun (person who rules or governs)
- vȍđa noun (person who rules or governs)
Slovak
3 entries- pravítko noun (measuring or drawing device)
- vládca noun (person who rules or governs)
- vládkyňa noun (a female person who rules or governs)
Slovene
2 entries- ravnilo noun (measuring or drawing device)
- vladar noun (person who rules or governs)
Spanish
2 entries- gobernante noun (person who rules or governs)
- regla noun (measuring or drawing device)
Swahili
1 entries- rula noun (measuring or drawing device)
Swedish
4 entries- härskare noun (person who rules or governs)
- härskarinna noun (a female person who rules or governs)
- ledare noun (person who rules or governs)
- linjal noun (measuring or drawing device)
Tabaru
1 entries- koana noun (person who rules or governs)
Tagalog
2 entries- galod noun (measuring or drawing device)
- naghahari noun (person who rules or governs)
Tajik
4 entries- хат noun (measuring or drawing device)
- хаткашак noun (measuring or drawing device)
- ҳоким noun (person who rules or governs)
- ҳукмдор noun (person who rules or governs)
Tatar
3 entries- сызгыч noun (measuring or drawing device)
- хаким noun (person who rules or governs)
- җәдвәл noun (measuring or drawing device)
Telugu
1 entries- అధికారి noun (person who rules or governs)
Ternate
1 entries- kolano noun (person who rules or governs)
Thai
2 entries- ผู้ว่าการ noun (person who rules or governs)
- ไม้บรรทัด noun (measuring or drawing device)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መስመር noun (measuring or drawing device)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kamartīke noun (person who rules or governs)
Turkish
3 entries- cetvel noun (measuring or drawing device)
- hükümdar noun (person who rules or governs)
- hükümran noun (person who rules or governs)
Turkmen
2 entries- hökümdar noun (person who rules or governs)
- lineýka noun (measuring or drawing device)
Ukrainian
4 entries- волода́р noun (person who rules or governs)
- ліні́йка noun (measuring or drawing device)
- прави́тель noun (person who rules or governs)
- прави́телька noun (a female person who rules or governs)
Urdu
4 entries- حاکِم noun (person who rules or governs)
- حُکْمَران noun (person who rules or governs)
- رُولَر noun (measuring or drawing device)
- مِسْطَر noun (measuring or drawing device)
Uyghur
3 entries- سىزغۇچ noun (measuring or drawing device)
- ھاكىم noun (person who rules or governs)
- ھۆكۈمدار noun (person who rules or governs)
Uzbek
4 entries- chizgʻich noun (measuring or drawing device)
- hokim noun (person who rules or governs)
- hukmdor noun (person who rules or governs)
- lineyka noun (measuring or drawing device)
Vietnamese
3 entries- người thống trị noun (person who rules or governs)
- thước noun (measuring or drawing device)
- thước kẻ noun (measuring or drawing device)
Welsh
2 entries- llinellydd noun (measuring or drawing device)
- pren mesur noun (measuring or drawing device)
Zazaki
2 entries- mastar noun (measuring or drawing device)
- peymenek noun (measuring or drawing device)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Measure the length of the stick with a ruler.
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The people resisted their cruel ruler.
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This ruler has the scale in millimeters.
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